Author Archives: PlatoHagel

Comprehending New Physics?

Posted on April 27, 2006 by PlatoHagel

Scientists May Soon Have Evidence for Exotic Predictions of String Theory issued by Northeaster University “String theory and other possibilities can distort the relative numbers of ‘down’ and ‘up’ neutrinos,” said Jonathan Feng, associate professor in the Department of Physics … Continue reading →

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What is the Observer’s Reality?

Posted on April 25, 2006 by PlatoHagel

“Death, so called, is but older matter dressedIn some new form. And in a varied vest,From tenement to tenement though tossed,The soul is still the same, the figure only lost.” Poem on Pythagoras, Dryden’s Ovid. When your given a certain … Continue reading →

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Concepts of the Fifth Dimension

Posted on April 23, 2006 by PlatoHagel

“Yet I exist in the hope that these memoirs, in some manner, I know not how, may find their way to the minds of humanity in Some Dimensionality, and may stir up a race of rebels who shall refuse to … Continue reading →

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Models Change Perceptions

Posted on April 22, 2006 by PlatoHagel

“When the student is ready the Teacher appears“ Who said it first? Our attempt to justify our beliefs logically by giving reasons results in the “regress of reasons.” Since any reason can be further challenged, the regress of reasons threatens … Continue reading →

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What a Good String Theorist Should Know?

Posted on April 22, 2006 by PlatoHagel

Arthur MillerEinstein and Schrödinger never fully accepted the highly abstract nature of Heisenberg’s quantum mechanics, says Miller. They agreed with Galileo’s assertion that “the book of nature is written in mathematics”, but they also realized the power of using visual … Continue reading →

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Purpose of the Compton Lecture Series

Posted on April 20, 2006 by PlatoHagel

April 8The 63rd Compton Lecture Series, 2006 through June 3, 2006, 11:00 a.m. Sean at cosmic variance point to this series of lectures that are being presented each year and in this series the entitled is called, “String Theory: With … Continue reading →

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More thoughts on Enlightenment?

Posted on April 18, 2006 by PlatoHagel

While that book is not available there, it has many other books listed for inspection. Richard Maurice Bucke and cosmic Conscousness was one of the first books that I read about almost 35 years ago. It was long ago simmilated, … Continue reading →

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Abraham Maslow and Peak Experience

Posted on April 18, 2006 by PlatoHagel

“The worst disease afflicting human kind is hardening of the categories.” – Artist Bob Miller. Well I having been watching the topics ofCategorically Not site created. I see such fine visitations by those who have ventured into the science, asking … Continue reading →

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On Gauss’s Day of Reckoning

Posted on April 15, 2006 by PlatoHagel

A famous story about the boy wonder of mathematics has taken on a life of its own –Brian Hayes Illustration by Theoni PappasIn a fanciful drawing done in the manner of a woodcut, the young Carl Friedrich Gauss receives instruction … Continue reading →

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Computer Language and Math Joined from Artistic Impressionism?

Posted on April 12, 2006 by PlatoHagel

Most people think of “seeing” and “observing” directly with their senses. But for physicists, these words refer to much more indirect measurements involving a train of theoretical logic by which we can interpret what is “seen.”- Lisa Randall Cubist Art: … Continue reading →

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