Author Archives: PlatoHagel

Keeping it Real

Posted on February 22, 2011 by PlatoHagel

The first results on supersymmetry from the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) have been analysed by physicists and some are suggesting that the theory may be in trouble. Data from proton collisions in both the Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) and ATLAS … Continue reading →

Posted in Atlas, CMS, LHC | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Atlas Experiment

Posted on February 22, 2011 by PlatoHagel

Link on Title and internal “color reference links” will highlight links to subject locations. Well worth the visit.  The ATLAS detector consists of four major components (place your cursor over the links below to identify the location of the components): … Continue reading →

Posted in Atlas, Sonification, sonofusion, Sonoluminence, Sound | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

New View of Family Life in the North American Nebula

Posted on February 11, 2011 by PlatoHagel

This swirling landscape of stars is known as the North American nebula. In visible light, the region resembles North America, but in this new infrared view from NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope, the continent disappears. Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech See: New View … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , | 1 Comment

Quark Soup: Applied Superstring Theory

Posted on February 10, 2011 by PlatoHagel

Author(s)Alex Buche–University of Western Ontario / Perimeter Institute Robert Myers-Perimeter Institute Aninda Sinha-Perimeter Institute Quark Soup: Applied Superstring Theory It is believed that in the first few microseconds after the Big Bang, our universe was dominated by a strongly interacting … Continue reading →

Posted in Quark Gluon PLasma, String Theory | Tagged , | Leave a comment

Triggering a Wave of Star Formation.

Posted on February 9, 2011 by PlatoHagel

Arp 147 contains a spiral galaxy (right) that collided with an elliptical galaxy (left), triggering a wave of star formation. Credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/MIT/S.Rappaport et al, Optical: NASA/STScI       See:Triggering a Wave of Star Formation. Dialogos of Eide

Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Liberal arts

Posted on February 1, 2011 by PlatoHagel

The Pyramid(as an expression of Liberal Arts Encapsulated) is a combination of  the Trivium , and  the Quadrivium My interest has been from a historical position about how such a system while it developed from that ancient perspective,  is still … Continue reading →

Posted in Liberal Arts, Quadrivium, Trivium | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

Quadrivium

Posted on February 1, 2011 by PlatoHagel

The quadrivium comprised the four subjects, or arts, taught in medieval universities after the trivium. The word is Latin, meaning “the four ways” or “the four roads”. Together, the trivium and the quadrivium comprised the seven liberal arts.[1] The quadrivium … Continue reading →

Posted in Liberal Arts, Quadrivium, Trivium | Tagged , , , | 1 Comment

Plato’s Problem and Meno: How Accurately Portrayed?

Posted on January 23, 2011 by PlatoHagel

SOCRATES: Then he who does not know may still have true notions of that which he does not know? MENO: He has. SOCRATES: And at present these notions have just been stirred up in him, as in a dream; but … Continue reading →

Posted in Meno, Outside Time, Smolin, Socrates | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

Plato’s Problem

Posted on January 23, 2011 by PlatoHagel

Plato’s problem is the term given by Noam Chomsky to the gap between knowledge and experience. It presents the question of how we account for our knowledge when environmental conditions seem to be an insufficient source of information. It is … Continue reading →

Posted in Meno, Plato, Plato's Cave, Socrates | Tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Meno

Posted on January 23, 2011 by PlatoHagel

Part of the series on:The Dialogues of Plato Early dialogues: Apology – Charmides – Crito Euthyphro – First Alcibiades Hippias Major – Hippias Minor Ion – Laches – Lysis Transitional & middle dialogues: Cratylus – Euthydemus – Gorgias Menexenus – … Continue reading →

Posted in Meno, Socrates | Tagged , , | Leave a comment