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Experiment I am offering a detailed experimental protocol which will prove that the separated strands of a duplex plasmid, when reannealed under the right circumstances, will re-constitute the parental plasmid with all its properties intact. This proves that circular DNA does not have a helical twist. There are several proofs of this already in existence, and all but one are published in peer-reviewed journals. The problem is that these are obscure journals (i.e., Journal of Mathematical Biology, Journal of Theoretical Biology), and the work is complicated and difficult to reproduce. The experiment I propose is easy (requiring no more than a day or two to complete), cheap (costing under $500), and readily reproducible. The result will therefore be impossible to supress, and whoever publishes it will be as likely to win a Nobel Prize as anyone living today. Since the experiment has been done before, its outcome is guaranteed. The earlier work was never published, for reasons given in my PowerPoint presentations. Moreover, it employed obsolete methods which took months to complete. With certain new semi-synthetic enzymes, the same work can be done in days. You may be wondering why I don't just do it myself. I had an excellent track record as a graduate student, but I have never been a professional scientist, and I've never had a lab of my own. Parts of the experiment have already been done in my dining room (which proved a prohibitively difficult place to work), and parts in small colleges and even middle and high schools, but all these venues are unfavorable, and the data, although 100% supportive of the underlying theory, is not yet of publishable quality. Thus far, none of the numerous major university professors whom I have contacted has had the intelligence or strength of character to support this work. This includes many professors at the mainly-Ivy-League institutions I and my two sons have attended. But these same institutions always stand ready to request donations of money from me. Where do they imagine I'll get it? I have made a firm, life-long decision to work on the behalf of truth, and as a result I can't get a pennysworth of support or recognition from any of them. I think of these people, at least one of whom was a Nobel laureate, as being the monsters of the following Buddhist parable: |
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Once there were two demons who spent a whole day arguing and quarrelling about a box, a cane and a pair of shoes. A man, passing by, inquired, “Why are you arguing about these things? What magical power have they that you should be quarrelling about possessing them?” The demons explained to him that from the box they could get anything they desired – food, clothing or treasure; with the cane whey could subdue all their enemies; and with the pair of shoes they could travel through the air. Upon hearing this, the man said: “Why quarrel? If you will go away for a few minutes, I can think of a fair division of the things between you.” So the two demons retired and as soon as they were gone, the man put on the shoes, seized the box and the cane and was off through the air. From the Samyuktaratnapitaka-sutra |
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In the parable, the shoes, box and cane represented different aspects of Enlightenment. In our experiment, they represent the rewards of scientific truth, knowledge and endeavor. If you are the man who will seize the "shoes, box and cane", then I would like to talk to you. If you are not that man, then you lack the strength of mind and of character to pull this off, because the primary requirement for the successful completion of this work is the ability to believe that everyone else can be wrong, and you right. Without such strength and faith, you will fail, and our time will be wasted. At my age, I have no more time to waste. I am selling the protocol for $1000, but it's not simply a matter of sending a check. I must know who you are, and I must be persuaded that you will follow my instructions, and carry the work through to completion, no matter what your colleagues say about you. If you are interested, email me at kb@NotAHelix.com. |