[larens (OP)]

Well, there's his "calculation"  of the fine structure constant which is based on having 5 fingers on each of two hands.

I failed to mention that, among many other numbers, 10 appears, because it is the smallest number which is neither a power of a prime nor a highly composite number. For the large part of the calculation I did present, see replies #13 and #30 of "How is the biggest scientific breakthrough since Newton to be recognized?". https://www.thenakedscientists.com/forum/index.php?topic=79129.0

[Bored chemist]

I failed to mention that, among many other numbers, 10 appears, because it is the smallest number which is neither a power of a prime nor a highly composite number.

You also forgot to explain (her or there0 that such a distinction is relevant.
Otherwise it looks like arbitrary justification- possibly post facto at that.

(That's a fancy way of saying you made it up)

[larens (OP)]

You also forgot to explain (her or there0 that such a distinction is relevant.
Otherwise it looks like arbitrary justification- possibly post facto at that.

(That's a fancy way of saying you made it up)

I very briefly described my philosophy of calculating fundamental constants in my summary of my theory in reply #7. Within this description I said, "The next necessary idea  was to find privileged positions in the topology of natural numbers that arise from the order of sets in the Classification of finite simple groups." Since I knew that this sentence was too sophisticated for most people to understand, I expanded on the idea in reply #13. I do not mind, if people ask me to explain something again. I do mind, if they insult me.

[larens (OP)]

There are many German words and expressions that have found their way into English but have had a false meaning ascribed to them such as blitz or fuehrer is schadenfreude another of them.

Bored chemist and I were both using the correct meaning.

Then why did you post a smiley when I expressed frustration?

I posted an smiley to mark the irony that this
"This forum's generally low participation rate in discussion "
means that your poll is likely to go nowhere.

It's  possibly an insult to the whole of the membership.

You somehow thought it was about you.
Nice ego  you got there.

In my OP I said, "One of my main goals has been to get feedback on how people react to my presentation of a highly controversial theory. This forum's generally low participation rate in discussion has thwarted this goal." The context here is about "my main goals", not about the secondary fact that there is also a problem for the forum as a whole. I am, of course, going to think that your comment was about me.

[Bored chemist]

The context here is about "my main goals", not about the secondary fact that there is also a problem for the forum as a whole. I am, of course, going to think that your comment was about me.

So, you didn't realise that the bit I was referring to was the bit I quoted.

Given that it's easier to quote a whole post than an excerpt from it, why did you think I'd bothered to clip just part of it?

[larens (OP)]

Given that it's easier to quote a whole post than an excerpt from it, why did you think I'd bothered to clip just part of it?

To cover up the fact that you were quoting out of context.