Resistance

GERMAR RUDOLF, RESISTANCE IS OBLIGATORY7. Freedom of contradictions exists internally as well as to generallyrecognized paradigms which are not being challenged (such as lawsof logic or the natural sciences, technical possibilities etc.).8. Circular reasonings are absent.9. No allegations can be found which evade a refutation or verification(no logical immunization).10. The evidentiary hierarchy is observed (material evidence > documentaryevidence > witness evidence).11. Opinions and interpretations are discernibly separated from factualallegations.12. A systematic structure prevails.B. Analysis1. Adherence to the assignmentOnly the pages 20-29 (as well as the last sentence on p. 32) addressthe book Grundlagen zur Zeitgeschichte. Pages 1-19 and 30-37 mostlydeal with the topic of the analyzed book – although without reference tothe book itself. This is not within the scope of the expert report assignment.To be sure, it is laudable when the expert states initially that hewants to explain his use of terms and his own pre-judgments and prejudices(p. 1). But he specifically neglects to do this, as his expert reportdoes not contain a treatise on his pre-judgments and prejudices on thequestion about scientific nature or science as such, but merely about theissue of the so-called “final solution of the Jewish question.” It is utterlyirrelevant that the expert may be biased regarding this topic, as he wasnot asked to express himself about this question.The expert’s alleged explanation of his use of terms is insufficient aswell. This results from his statements that it is questionable whether it ispossible “to separate by reliable indicators” a work of “pseudo-science”from a genuinely scientific work (p. 20). But it is exactly within thescope of the expert’s assignment to perform this separation. By declaringhimself incapable of giving a comprehensible definition of the term“pseudo-science,” he undermines his own competence. A systematicexplanation or definition of the term science and of its criteria cannot befound in his report. Of the first 19 pages of the expert report, only thepages 8-11 contain topically relevant statements: several criteria of what293