Author Archives: PlatoHagel

The Rhetorician

Posted on June 3, 2009 by PlatoHagel

This raises all sorts of questions, the most basic of which are: “What counts as `looking’ vs. `not looking’?” and “Do we really need a separate law of physics to describe the evolution of systems that are being looked at?” … Continue reading →

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Understanding our Angels and Daemons

Posted on May 30, 2009 by PlatoHagel

So, every “story line” is about a Journey? IN Angel and Demons, we follow the story of Professor Robert Langdon. The Vatican summons Professor Robert Langdon (Tom Hanks) and Vittoria Vetra (Ayelet Zurer) from CERN to help them solve the … Continue reading →

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More on Angels and Demons

Posted on May 30, 2009 by PlatoHagel

In a sentence, the observations are spectacular and the conclusions are stunning,” said Brian Greene of Columbia University in New York City. “WMAP data support the notion that galaxies are nothing but quantum mechanics writ large across the sky.” “To … Continue reading →

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More Thoughts on Angel and Demons

Posted on May 21, 2009 by PlatoHagel

The Tao of heaven is to take from those who have too much and give to those who do not have enough. Man’s way is different. He takes from those who do not have enough to give to those who … Continue reading →

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The Cross Over Point and Time Travel

Posted on May 16, 2009 by PlatoHagel

One of the issues that is evoked by any faster-than-light transport is time paradoxes: causality violations and implications of time travel. As if the faster than light issue wasn’t tough enough, it is possible to construct elaborate scenarios where faster-than-light … Continue reading →

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"Bag Model," for the Economy

Posted on May 13, 2009 by PlatoHagel

“In this edition, as a fifth appendix, a presentation of my views on the problem of space in general and the gradual modifications of our ideas on space resulting from the influence of the relativistic view-point. I wished to show … Continue reading →

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Thoughts on Angel and Demons Plot

Posted on May 12, 2009 by PlatoHagel

“For me, the most attractive way … would be to capture the antihydrogen in a neutral particle trap … The objective would be to then study the properties of a small number of [antihydrogen] atoms confined in the neutral trap … Continue reading →

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Defining the Space your Living In

Posted on May 7, 2009 by PlatoHagel

The general theory of relativity is as yet incomplete insofar as it has been able to apply the general principle of relativity satisfactorily only to gravitational fields, but not to the total field. We do not yet know with certainty … Continue reading →

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Galileo Galilei’s Balance

Posted on May 6, 2009 by PlatoHagel

Let proportion be found not only in numbers, but also in sounds, weights, times and positions, and whatever force there is.Leonardo Da Vinci Can it be said that measure has ever left the mind of those whose age has come … Continue reading →

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Filling the Universe with Sand

Posted on May 5, 2009 by PlatoHagel

One of the “Silicon Avogadro Spheres” at the National Physical Laboratory (NPL), Teddington, UK. See:Counting Atoms in a Sphere Stefan writes… To measure means to count. We measure a length by counting marks on a ruler, and a time span … Continue reading →

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