Steven Jones Update

[Jeff Lebowski]

From today's Deseret News:

http://deseretnews.com/article/1,5143,695275973,00.html

Basically, it is an update on the sad, pathetic journey of Steven Jones and the empty shell of his career. Like all grand-conspiracy theorists, he bounces from one dubious tidbit to the next; always finding one additional piece of minutiae to latch onto as each of his questions is systematically repudiated. What an embarrassment to BYU and Stanford.

As an example of how crazy this all is, his foil-capped groupies have been completely energized by the fact that he was finally "published in a peer-reviewed civil engineering journal". They obviously feel vindication that the "truth" is finally starting to be recognized by the scientific community. But this is more nonsense. Here is a copy of this so-called paper:

http://www.bentham-open.org/pages/co...1/35TOCIEJ.SGM

First of all, this is not a well-respected civil engineering journal. This is where one goes when one is really desperate for a "peer-reviewed" publication. More importantly, this is NOT his original paper that garnered so much controversy. In fact, it is not even a research paper. It is simply a "letter" (see the abstract) outlining fourteen points where the authors agree with the NIST report and concluding with an appeal for more cooperation in the investigation. Vindication? Not even close.

Interestingly, former-Prof. Jones say he is moving to Sanpete County. I am guessing he will find a receptive audience there.