Author Archives: PlatoHagel

Asch conformity experiments

Posted on February 29, 2008 by PlatoHagel

One of the pairs of cards used in the experiment. The card on the left has the reference line and the one on the right shows the three comparison lines. The Asch conformity experiments which were published in 1953, were … Continue reading →

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A New Cosmological View?

Posted on February 28, 2008 by PlatoHagel

Mathematics is not the rigid and rigidity-producing schema that the layman thinks it is; rather, in it we find ourselves at that meeting point of constraint and freedom that is the very essence of human nature. – Hermann Weyl Perspective … Continue reading →

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ABOUT THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF LIFE

Posted on February 28, 2008 by PlatoHagel

The Encyclopedia of Life is a collaborative scientific effort led by the Field Museum of Natural History, Harvard University, Marine Biological Laboratory, Missouri Botanical Garden, Smithsonian Institution, and Biodiversity Heritage Library, a consortium including the core institutions and also the … Continue reading →

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The Soul=λόγος,θυμος,ἔρως

Posted on February 26, 2008 by PlatoHagel

21 Grams The title of the movie comes from the work of Dr. Duncan MacDougall, who in the early 1900s sought to measure the weight purportedly lost by a human body when the soul departed the body upon death. MacDougall … Continue reading →

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Levitation Energy: What is it?

Posted on February 24, 2008 by PlatoHagel

You must know, that contrary to what is understood of levitation, I have a view on this that cannot be said less then in complete wonderment, knowing full well the aspects of what science is stating. “I know” with all … Continue reading →

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The Effect of Cosmic Particle Collisions

Posted on February 23, 2008 by PlatoHagel

How many with holding views of Climate Change have ever considered Earth’s place in the cosmos and it’s affects created from cosmic particle collisions from space? So this post is to help illuminate the subject a bit with past information … Continue reading →

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Rankin’s Eyescapes

Posted on February 18, 2008 by PlatoHagel

See here Rankin’s Eyescapes photographsby David PescovitzOf the Week By Bee of Backreaction Iris recognition:An algorithm of a person’s universe? Breakthrough work to create the iris recognition algorithms required for image acquisition and one-to-many matching was pioneered by John G. … Continue reading →

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The Light in the Cave

Posted on February 18, 2008 by PlatoHagel

Newton’s Translation of the Emerald Tablet It is true without lying, certain and most true. That which is Below is like that which is Above and that which is Above is like that which is Below to do the miracles … Continue reading →

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In today’s Media, Has the Soul taken a Hiatus

Posted on February 15, 2008 by PlatoHagel

“Somebody who only reads newspapers and at best books of contemporary authors looks to me like an extremely near-sighted person who scorns eyeglasses. He is completely dependent on the prejudices and fashions of his times, since he never gets to … Continue reading →

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The Value of the Dollar

Posted on February 14, 2008 by PlatoHagel

Ingenuity The term ingenuity or applied ideas is used in the analysis of Thomas Homer-Dixon, building on that of Paul Romer, to refer to what is usually called instructional capital. Ingenuity is often inherent in creative individuals, and thus is … Continue reading →

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