Author Archives: PlatoHagel

Holometer

Posted on December 2, 2010 by PlatoHagel

Holometer Revised This plot shows the sensitivity of various experiments to fluctuations in space and time. Horizontal axis is the log of apparatus size (or duration time the speed of light), in meters; vertical axis is the log of the … Continue reading →

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The Synapse of the Wondering Mind

Posted on November 24, 2010 by PlatoHagel

Click here for Penrose’s Seminar While trying to organize my thoughts about the title of this blog entry, it becomes apparent to me that the potential of neurological transposition of electrical pulses is part of the function of the physical … Continue reading →

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QGP Research Advances

Posted on November 18, 2010 by PlatoHagel

“We can say that the system definitely flows like a liquid,” says Harris. One of the first lead-ion collisions in the LHC as recorded by the ATLAS experiment on November 8, 2010. Image courtesy CERN. *** Scientists from the ALICE … Continue reading →

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Entanglement is a key feature of the way complexity….

Posted on November 18, 2010 by PlatoHagel

LET’S CALL IT PLECTICS Murray Gell-Mann It is appropriate that plectics refers to entanglement or the lack thereof, since entanglement is a key feature of the way complexity arises out of simplicity, making our subject worth studying. Forexample, all of … Continue reading →

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Gravimetry

Posted on November 14, 2010 by PlatoHagel

For the chemical analysis technique, see Gravimetric analysis. Gravity map of the Southern Ocean around the Antarctic continent Author-Hannes Grobe, AWI This gravity field was computed from sea-surface height measurements collected by the US Navy GEOSAT altimeter between March, 1985, … Continue reading →

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The Lunar Far Side: The Side Never Seen from Earth

Posted on November 14, 2010 by PlatoHagel

                                                            Mass concentration (astronomy) This figure shows the topography (top) and corresponding gravity (bottom) signal … Continue reading →

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It’s Neither World, not Nether

Posted on November 10, 2010 by PlatoHagel

Netherworld is often used as a synonym for Underworld. Okay this may seem like a strange title, but believe me when I say how fascinating that such dynamics in meeting “each other: will allow something to “pop” right out of … Continue reading →

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John Maynard Smith

Posted on November 9, 2010 by PlatoHagel

John Maynard Smith Born 6 January 1920(1920-01-06)London, England Died 19 April 2004(2004-04-19) (aged 84)Lewes, East Sussex, England Nationality British Fields Evolutionary biologist and geneticist Institutions University of Sussex Alma mater University of Cambridge and University College London Doctoral advisor J.B.S. Haldane … Continue reading →

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Colour of Gravity 3

Posted on November 7, 2010 by PlatoHagel

Colour measurement We know that colour is a psychophysical experience of an observer which changes from observer to observer and is therefore impossible to replicate absolutely. In order to quantify colour in meaningful terms we must be able to measure … Continue reading →

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It’s Still A Elephant

Posted on November 4, 2010 by PlatoHagel

A sensible reductionist perspective would be something like “objects are completely defined by the states of their components.” The dialogue uses elephants as examples of complex objects, so Rosenberg imagines that we know the state (position and momentum etc.) of … Continue reading →

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