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Philosophy is to science what pigeons are to statues

by sunnyjim Jul 26, 2021 4 Comments 4 Links

#knowledge, #philosophy, #science, #wisdom,

Philosophy is to science what pigeons are to statues

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There are just 3 aspects of the world, The physical world, mental world and mathematical world.

by astronut Jul 8, 2021 4 Comments 4 Links

#Consciousness, #maths, #mental, #mind, #physics, #reality, #rogerpenrose, #science,

I first heard of this idea from a video of Roger Penrose.... Read more

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Science is a process of sifting through ideas and discarding those ones that don’t hold up to experimentation

by Mickey Jul 4, 2021 4 Comments 4 Links

#evidence, #ideas, #knowledge, #science, #truth,

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The ‘metabolism first’ hypothesis – life started long before cells were able to replicate

by CC Jun 29, 2021 4 Comments 4 Links

#biology, #cells, #darwin, #dyson, #evolution, #life, #metabolism, #nature, #originoflife, #replication, #reproduction, #science,

I am attributing this to Freeman Dyson, though I am not sure... Read more

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a website that hosts all academic journals and papers for free

by ChrisP Jun 26, 2021 2 Comments 2 Links

#academic, #discovery, #education, #highereducation, #knowledge, #learning, #online, #papers, #phd, #professor, #research, #science,

so every future generation can find previous advances made in every subject Read more

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We are a side effect of a universe trying to increase its entropy

by Miss Entropic Jun 8, 2021 3 Comments 3 Links

#cosmology, #energy, #entropy, #matter, #science, #space, #spacetime, #universe,

Stands to reason. First heard about this idea years ago, but this... Read more

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Basic astronomy classes in schools – in place of bible studies

by astronut Jun 4, 2021 4 Comments 3 Links

#astronomy, #education, #god, #planet, #religion, #science, #space, #stars,

Help kids understand when and where we live, then they can decide... Read more

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Wooden quantum mechanics demonstration apparatus

by ChrisP May 22, 2021 3 Comments 2 Links

#craft, #education, #electrons, #learning, #photons, #physics, #quanta, #quantum, #science, #teaching, #wood,

Demystify quantum physics by carving wood to show how quarks, electrons or... Read more

Wooden quantum mechanics demonstration apparatus

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“In physics, the only difference between space and time is a minus sign”

by MeterMan May 14, 2021 3 Comments 3 Links

#cosmology, #cosmos, #einstein, #knowledge, #physics, #quantum, #relativity, #science, #space, #spacetime, #time, #wisdom,

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Atomic energy states are similar to (digital) conservation of momentum

by Why Are You Reading My Name May 11, 2021 4 Comments 4 Links

#atom, #conservation, #electron, #momentum, #nucleus, #physicallaws, #physics, #science,

When electrons are caught by a nucleus they orbit fast because they... Read more

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Ball bearing ‘communities’ – that cooperate rather than compete

by Mickey May 9, 2021 3 Comments 3 Links

#balls, #cooperation, #experiment, #physics, #science, #society,

Watch this video, tell me it would be better if they helped... Read more

Ball bearing ‘communities’ – that cooperate rather than compete

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Ignore whacky ideas when dishing our the Nobel Prize, but not the people that had them

by Martin Apr 4, 2021 3 Comments 3 Links

#astronomy, #atom, #cosmos, #hoyle, #nuclear, #nucleosynthesis, #physics, #science, #star, #stars, #stella,

Sir Fred Hoyle was duped out of his Nobel Prize because he... Read more

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Supersymmetry – symmetry between forces and matter

by MeterMan Mar 15, 2021 4 Comments 4 Links

#boson, #energy, #fermion, #forces, #maths, #matter, #physics, #quantum, #science, #supersymmetry, #symmetry,

In particle physics there is a popular idea that a symmetry lies... Read more

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Godel’s incompleteness theorm: All systems will fail at some point

by Mickey Mar 13, 2021 3 Comments 3 Links

#broken, #computing, #entropy, #godel, #logic, #science, #systems,

It’s a seemingly small idea that has enormous consequences. Godel created an... Read more

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The Pilot Wave Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics

by MeterMan Mar 4, 2021 3 Comments 3 Links

#atoms, #physics, #probability, #quantum, #quantummechanics, #quarks, #science,

I don’t really understand this idea, but that doesn’t bode badly for... Read more

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There is more than just 1 type of logic

by sunnyjim Feb 25, 2021 5 Comments 4 Links

#fundamental, #logic, #math, #mathematics, #maths, #peirce, #physics, #schroder, #science, #wisdom,

Gottlob Frege, C.S. Peirce, and Ernst Schröder introduced quantification to propositional logic... Read more

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Your head is older than your feet – due to time dilation

by Mickey Feb 24, 2021 5 Comments 4 Links

#einstein, #knowledge, #maths, #physics, #quantum, #science, #space, #spacetime, #time,

Your feet have been slightly closer to a denser region spacetime for... Read more

Your head is older than your feet – due to time dilation

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DNA origami

by Seal Dwidakiss Feb 23, 2021 5 Comments 5 Links

#biology, #dna, #genes, #medicine, #origami, #science,

We can now build lidded boxes that can be locked or unlocked... Read more

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There is only 1 type of calculus

by Miss Entropic Feb 22, 2021 7 Comments 4 Links

#calculus, #change, #leibniz, #math, #maths, #newton, #numbers, #science,

An amazing idea with a few names – the ‘calculus of logic’... Read more

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Your head has travelled further than your feet

by MeterMan Feb 22, 2021 5 Comments 3 Links

#earth, #gravity, #science, #space, #travel,

It is further from the center of rotation of the earth. Read more