Why it takes the scientific community years or decades to confirm/disapprove a theory, while Mythbusters can do it in a day or two? edit
„We are seriously deluded if we think peer review can lead to inovation and scientific progress.“ Donald W. Braben
„Furthermore, the scientific successes of the last century were inspired by a relatively small number of top scientists- around 400, according to my research, roughly the number who won Nobel prizes. These high-flyers- including the likes of Planck, Einstein, Fleming, Avery, Townes, Franklin, Crick and Watson, whom together I call the „Planck club“- thrived in the environment of academic freedom that prevailed and made generic discoveries that opened the way to such wonders as lasers, nuclear power, biotechnology and telecoms. If todays rigid policies had applied throughout 20th century, a lot of their key ideas would have got short shrift. No one at the time predicted they would lead to great discoveries, for they challenged consensus and met no percieved need.“ Donald W. Braben
We have already begun to list the mass, the almost endless list, of worldwide items for which orthodoxy (a) has no explanation whatsoever; and, which it (b) either deliberately, or out of pure stupidity, chooses completely to ignore.” Stan Gooch
Origin of name Britain. edit
Contemplating similarities among slovak, norwegian and english languages I accidentally discovered something BIG. There is no plausible explanation of the origins of Britains name. Which is something to say, given this country once explored/ruled half of the globe. All existing theories about Britains name are borderline nonsense. Why? I think all searched for the origins of Her name in all the wrong places- namely- in the British Isles themselves. In other words, generations of Anglosaxons have been anglocentristic as hell, and this etnocentristic organized blindness is reason why we do not, in 2016, know what Britain means.
At the same time, continental Europe is FULL of placenames with root bret, bratt, brt etc. I personally cant believe it. I am not going to reveal any conclusions- I published my findings elsewhere, in January 2016. It would be too much for the mainstream to say what brt/bratt/brit means, and totally unwikipedian. I have painfully learned many times, that new ideas must be applied in small doses, otherwise majority oppose it violently. This is why I, almost completely, quit convincing/explaining as such. It is much easier to innovate/discover new things/uncover old truths than subsequently convincing others. I guess it will take linguistics community about 20 years to acknowledge my findings).
So, for a start, we need, as physicists say, to change paradigma. We need to stop thinking about Britain as something unique. (Because, frankly, we would be total idiots to say that Britain is something genuine, when there is about a 100 or so placenames on continent.) First written mention about Britain comes from the mainland, not from the isles!!!! :-) Here is (although still incomplete) list of phonetically similar placenames in Europe:
Similar placenames: Austria: Bretstein- a village and a former municipality
Czech Republic: Brdy- a mountain range south of Prague; Brdo- several hills in Czech Republic
France: Brest: seaside city / harbour in Bretagne; Biarritz- seaside resort; Bretagne (Brittany)- coastal region Bretagne-d'Armagnac is a commune in the Gers department in southwestern France Bretagne-de-Marsan is a commune in the Landes department in Aquitaine in southwestern France. Bretagne is a commune in the Territoire de Belfort department in Franche-Comté in northeastern France. Bretagne is a commune in the Indre department in central France.
Great Britain: Brighton, but also, Hebrides - archipelago off Britain's north-west coast, Bristol
http://www.yorkshiredialect.com/EnglishPN.htm#britset WEST RIDING Monk Bretton is a village in the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley in South Yorkshire, West Bretton is a village and civil parish in the City of Wakefield in West Yorkshire Birkby (originally Bretby) Birkby (originally Bretby) Hill, and Burton (formerly Bretton)
oxfordreference.com Britford Wilts Brutford 826, Bredford 1086 (db). Possibly ‘ford of the Britons’. OE Bryt + ford. Alternatively the ... Briton Ferry (Llansawel) Neat. Brigeton 1201, Brytton 1315, Britan Ferry caullid in Walsche Llanisauel 1536. ‘Ferry at ... Brittas (An Briotás) Dublin, Wicklow. ‘The wooden palisade’. ... Bressay (island) Shet. Bressa 1654. Originally ‘broad island’. OScand. breithr + ey. ... Bressingham Norfolk. Bresingaham 1086 (db). ‘Homestead of the family or followers of a man called *Brīosa’. OE pers. name + ... Bretford Warwicks. Bretford early 11th cent. Probably ‘ford provided with planks’. OE bred + ford. ... Bretforton Worcs. Bretfertona 709, Bratfortune 1086 (db). ‘Farmstead near the plank ford’. OE bred + ford + tūn. ... Bretton, ‘farmstead of the Britons’. OE Brettas (genitive Bretta) + tūn: Bretton Flin. Bretton c.1310. Bretton, Monk ... Bridstow Herefs. Bridestowe 1277. ‘Holy place of St Bride or Brigid’. Irish saint's name + OE stōw. ... Briston Norfolk. Burstuna 1086 (db). ‘Farmstead by a landslip or broken ground’. OE byrst + tūn. ..
Italy: Bressen / Brixen- town in the Northern Italy
Norway: Brattvåg- seaside village on the western coast
Romania: Brașov- provincial capital in Carpathian mountains
Slovakia: Bradlo- a dominant hill in Carpathian mountains in the south-western Slovakia; Bratislava- capital of Slovakia, placed on the southern slopes of Carpatian mountains; Brtkovica- hill in Nízke Tatry; Malinô Brdo- hill in Veľká Fatra; Sivá Brada- travertine terrace in the eastern Slovakia