The wiki article on professor Yuri Teslya, who is the most infamous pseudoscientist in Ukraine right now (in Russian). I haven’t found a link in English, so here’s the gist of it: prof. Teslya published a Theory of Non-Force Interaction, according to which gravity, for example, doesn’t exist—things fall down because they and the Earth exchange information about each other and change their attitudes towards each other accordingly. Being the Head of the Physics Department of KNU, Teslya teaches it to students.
Mrs. Irina Yehorchenko, who works in the Institute of Mathematics, called him a pseudoscientist in 2016 speaking at a meeting of Verkhovna Rada on the problems of funding education and science (very publicly).
So he is suing her for offence against honour and dignity.
People have raised money for her defence, but it won’t come as the least bit surprising if she loses the court.
The worst thing about it will be the precedent of deciding science vs. pseudoscience in courts of justice.
The wiki article on professor Yuri Teslya, who is the most infamous pseudoscientist in Ukraine right now (in Russian). I haven’t found a link in English, so here’s the gist of it: prof. Teslya published a Theory of Non-Force Interaction, according to which gravity, for example, doesn’t exist—things fall down because they and the Earth exchange information about each other and change their attitudes towards each other accordingly. Being the Head of the Physics Department of KNU, Teslya teaches it to students. Mrs. Irina Yehorchenko, who works in the Institute of Mathematics, called him a pseudoscientist in 2016 speaking at a meeting of Verkhovna Rada on the problems of funding education and science (very publicly). So he is suing her for offence against honour and dignity. People have raised money for her defence, but it won’t come as the least bit surprising if she loses the court.
The worst thing about it will be the precedent of deciding science vs. pseudoscience in courts of justice.
Oof.
My husband said “He’s not a pseudoscientist! He’s just sick!” :)