Germar Rudolf, Resistance Is Obligatory (2012; PDF-Datei

GERMAR RUDOLF, RESISTANCE IS OBLIGATORY
dissertation research on the chemistry of higher silicon-hydrogen compounds,
he contradicted what had been more speculated than “known”
in scientific literature on the subject. Because of the assumption that
whatever has been written in scientific literature must be true – the erroneous
assumption of many scientists – Dr. Plichta found himself opposed
by overwhelming dogmatic belief. He thus stated pointedly: 75
“The foundation of every creative process is thinking your own
thoughts and doubting whatever exists.”
As the counterpoint to this allow me to quote the “créme de la
créme” of French Holocaust historians in their reaction to revisionist
theses concerning the technical feasibility of the alleged mass murders:
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“It is forbidden to ask how such mass murder was possible. It
was technically possible because it happened. This is the obligatory
point of departure for every historical investigation of this subject.
We must simply keep this truth in mind: There is no debate concerning
the existence of gas chambers and no such debate may be permitted.”
Here we have dogmatism and hostility to science par excellence!
The first sentence prohibits questioning; the second sentence is an impermissible
circular reasoning; the third sentence announces dogma;
and the fourth combines them all and announces the prohibition against
questioning as an axiomatic truth.
The term “truth” itself is somewhat problematic, although I have
used it as well. This is because of the age-old philosophical wisdom
concerning the impossibility of being certain that one has found the
truth. The reasons for this impossibility are twofold. On one hand there
is the inadequacy of our senses and understanding, because of reasons
that are primarily but not exclusively psychological. The other reason is
that there is no such thing as valid “a priori” knowledge.
Karl Popper makes this point very aptly: 77
“First, although in science we do our best to find the truth, we
are conscious of the fact that we can never be sure whether we have
got it. We have learned in the past, through many disappointments,
that we must not expect finality. And we have learned not to be dis-
75 Peter Plichta, Benzin aus Sand. Die Silan-Revolution, 2nd ed., Herbig, Munich 2006, p. 248.
76 34 leading French researchers, Le Monde, 21 Feb. 1979.
77 Karl Popper, The Open…, op. cit. (note 70), vol. 2, p. 12.
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