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Forfeiture of Mistakenly Awarded Civil List Pensions in Science
Petition published by Aaron Vee on Apr 01, 2012
Target: The Royal Society of London
Region: United Kingdom
Web site: aias.us
Petition Background (Preamble):
It is in the gift of the British monarch to make payments, from the Civil List, to individuals who have made exceptional contributions to science. Beneficiaries of this award have included Faraday, Herschel, Heaviside and Hamilton.
However, the monarch is very unlikely to be able to judge the significance of scientific contributions and must therefore take the advice of various Royal societies.
Such advice is sometimes ill-judged, and a mechanism should therefore be put in place for removing the award; just as a mechanism exists for the removal of a knighthood.
However, the monarch is very unlikely to be able to judge the significance of scientific contributions and must therefore take the advice of various Royal societies.
Such advice is sometimes ill-judged, and a mechanism should therefore be put in place for removing the award; just as a mechanism exists for the removal of a knighthood.
Petition:
We, the undersigned, call upon the Royal Society to withdraw any support or advice which may have led the monarch to award a Civil List pension to a scientist who persists in bringing that award and its symbolic meaning into disrepute, and indeed to press for the forfeiture of said award.
Behaviours deemed to bring such disrepute might include: promotion of known frauds such as 'perpetual motion', illegal promotion of quack cancer 'cures', the blatant misrepresentation of current scientific understanding and the misuse of legal means to suppress legitimate scientific criticism.
Behaviours deemed to bring such disrepute might include: promotion of known frauds such as 'perpetual motion', illegal promotion of quack cancer 'cures', the blatant misrepresentation of current scientific understanding and the misuse of legal means to suppress legitimate scientific criticism.
The Forfeiture of Mistakenly Awarded Civil List Pensions in Science petition to The Royal Society of London was written by Aaron Vee and is in the category Science & Technology at GoPetition. Contact author here. Petition tags: crackpot, free energy, perpetual motion, antigravity, priore, elie cartan, swansea
