21 NOV 2017 by ideonexus
Being Geek from Outcast to Success Story
More than just a hipster fashion statement where big glasses, tight suits, and high-water pants are the norm, the black geek phenomenon normalizes all things formally couched as geeky. Science lovers, space dreamers, comic book fans, techies, or anyone who relishes super-high-level analysis just for the fun of it could be a geek, according to conventional wisdom. Today, such interests are cool, functional, and often necessary—or at least there's a larger world where those of like minds can ... 1 
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Hints at Life Being a Simulation
Without going into unnecessary detail, we have built into the simulation a few telltale incoherencies—such as the idea that consciousness depends upon the brain, some logical paradoxes, and the measurement problem (etc) surrounding quantum physics. In SG the pieces are allowed to discover and reflect upon their “world” and to ask themselves whether it really makes any sense. Once they realize it doesn’t, the question is when they will hit on the correct explanation of their predicamen...Folksonomies: simulation real life
Folksonomies: simulation real life
1 07 JUN 2012 by ideonexus
Unattributed Quote That Leads to Historical Misrepresenta...
Webmaster has searched for a primary print source without success. Walter Isaacson likewise found no direct evidence, as he reports in Einstein (2007), 575. However, these sentences are re-quoted in a variety of books and other sources (often citing them as a remark reportedly made by Kelvin in an Address at the British Association for the Advancement of Science in 1900). Although the quote appears noteworthy, it is not included in the major biographical work, the two volumes by Silvanus P. T... 1 notes
notes"There is nothing new to be discovered in physics now. All that remains is more and more precise measurement." is a quote often attributed to Baron William Thomson Kelvin, and I have personally heard from others that there was a time when scientists thought Physics had reached the end of exploring before the discovery of quantum physics, but TodayInSci cannot find the source of this quote.
30 JAN 2012 by ideonexus
Mathematical VS Metaphysical Understandings of Quantum Ph...
The mathematical framework of quantum theory has passed countless successful tests and is now universally accepted as a consistent and accurate description of all atomic phenomena. The verbal interpretation, on the other hand – i.e., the metaphysics of quantum theory – is on far less solid ground. In fact, in more than forty years physicists have not been able to provide a clear metaphysical model. We have explained the quantum world mathematically, but we have failed to understanding it verbally.
30 JAN 2012 by ideonexus
All is Connected in Quantum Physics
Quantum theory thus reveals a basic oneness of the universe. It shows that we cannot decompose the world into independently existing smallest units. As we penetrate into matter, nature does not show us any isolated “building blocks,” but rather appears as a complicated web of relations between the various parts of the whole. These relations always include the observer in an essential way. The human observer constitute the final link in the chain of observational processes, and the propert...Folksonomies: quantum physics elementary particles
Folksonomies: quantum physics elementary particles
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notesNothing exists on its own but is part of a complex web of interacting particles.
