On the irrationality (not irrotationality) of some "experts" (Part 2)

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During the re-election campaign last April-May, I made public a series of two articles, titled "On innovation and other hoaxes"*, available in both Spanish and Catalan on my alternative blog, Blog de Pimentel (with an accent on the last 'e'). In these articles, I exposed the arbitrary actions committed by both the former rector and the PhD doctoral coordinator, those who tried to cover up responsibilities and protect everyone involved in this situation. The political dimension of the conflict became evident when the doctoral coordinator was surprisingly involved as a campaign coordinator for the former rector, while the former Doctoral School director, who held the position at the time of the events, was also a member of that electoral team.

The first article aimed to detail the situation and the violations of internal university legislation. Following its publication, I received a physical letter at my residence in my home country (see Fig. 1), wherein the former rector requested the removal of the content, labeling it "defamatory and calumnious". Naturally, I refused, and instead wrote the second article, which revealed an apparent intent by the entire campaign team (more than ten collaborators) to erase the evidence from the internet as the campaign evolved. Ultimately, however, both blog articles were deleted by Blogger after being reported by those mentioned. Unfortunately for their cause, the damage was done, with over 300 reads recorded before the posts were removed from the blog portal.

Fig. 1 Postal envelope received at my home address. An email would have been enough.

It is difficult to quantify the actual impact of this virtual campaign on the electoral results, which were decided mainly by the student vote—the group with the greatest electoral weight, despite having the lowest participation. Nevertheless, the objective was achieved: to publicize the abuses of authority committed by the past administration during a crucial time for deciding the university's direction for the next six years. Of course, this act was carried out in a personal capacity, without any influence from the opposing candidate, who had previously served as rector from 2017 to 2021.

This problematic situation initially provoked a formal retaliation from the university's legal services under the past administration, leading to "the university" filing a criminal lawsuit against me. However, the new administration revoked this legal action, based on the understanding that the university cannot be used for personal vendettas, given that I never attacked the university as an institution; universities, like countries or kingdoms, are greater than rectors, presidents, or kings.

Consequently, the elected rector ordered a revision of the situation as soon as he took charge. However, four months later, the answer I received from one of the two vicerectorates commissioned with this task was that the new administration's position conveniently mirrored that of the previous one. This justification cited a supposedly new Doctoral School report which I requested two months ago, and which I am still waiting to receive. By the way, the vicerectorate comes from the same research center as my ex-advisors...

Since the new administration maintained the same stance, I decided to retaliate in kind by filing a criminal complaint against the two people directly involved: the PhD doctoral coordinator and the former rector (see Fig. 2). The first complaint concerned probable crimes of document forgery and usurpation of functions, and the second, probable cover-up and prevarication. We will see if this new administration continues to protect them. In the first instance, the investigating Judge has declared the non-admission of my complaint, arguing that this is an administrative, not a criminal, case, despite the text revolving around probable crimes committed by the administration. The time has come to file an appeal against this decision. For now, I will remain silent to avoid hindering the judicial process.**

Fig. 2 Criminal complaint filed by me in the corresponding Court.

Will the local justice system rule in favor of a foreigner against one of the country's "top universities"? 

And what about my scientific research? It's clear the university has never been interested in such a thing (even refused to fill out the patent application). Can they technically disprove my research after 4 years or not yet?: (PDF) Presentation: Development of a three-dimensional vortex method for solving detached fluid dynamics


No step back, whatever the consequences.


* the title is similar to the already published in this blog which expose more technical aspects.
** preliminary proceedings 2267/2025-E (Court of Instruction #7 of Barcelona).

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