Author Archives: PlatoHagel

Aristotle and the Logic of the Natural World

Posted on November 26, 2005 by PlatoHagel

Aristotle’s logic, especially his theory of the syllogism, has had an unparalleled influence on the history of Western thought. It did not always hold this position: in the Hellenistic period, Stoic logic, and in particular the work of Chrysippus, was … Continue reading →

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Charlatan’s Who Use Graviton?

Posted on November 25, 2005 by PlatoHagel

Are Gravity people Charlatan’s?:)I certainly don’t think so.:) well this is a good perspective with which one could move forward and explain it for us lay people here? :) Lubos Motl: The graviton is, on the contrary, an example of … Continue reading →

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The 5th Dimension and the Networld

Posted on November 24, 2005 by PlatoHagel

Hi Darwin, You thought my statement foolish, about Immanuel Kant? Instead of Darwin I thought maybe you might envision yourself as Aristotle, as you stand beside me, under the “arche.”:) That what religion does is build concrete things, and so … Continue reading →

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Unity of disparate Pieces

Posted on November 24, 2005 by PlatoHagel

damptdweller: Even if you take the string theorists viewpoint that the energy may “leak” away into a brane instead of actually disappearing I think I’m correct in saying that you still need to ensure that energy is conserved regardless. Plato:While … Continue reading →

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Developement of Disbelief

Posted on November 23, 2005 by PlatoHagel

As you read, hold on to the thought about stringy/M theory developement. Richard Denton: I discovered that it was simply philosophy on its own that had played the very much larger role in the gradual erosion of belief. This is … Continue reading →

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Music of the Spheres

Posted on November 20, 2005 by PlatoHagel

Strange Geometriesby Helen Joyce Both spherical and hyperbolic geometries are examples of curved geometries, unlike Euclidean geometry, which is flat. In spherical geometry, the curvature is positive, in hyperbolic geometry, it is negative. I thought I should add the “ascoustic … Continue reading →

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Heaven’s ephemeral Qualities?

Posted on November 20, 2005 by PlatoHagel

“Materialism: Basically, the view that everything is made of matter. But what is matter? Probably the most innocent and cheerful acceptance of it comes right at the start of materialism with Democratius of Abdera (in Northern Greece) in the fifth … Continue reading →

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A Clear Presence

Posted on November 18, 2005 by PlatoHagel

Can one miscontstrue your words even more? :) Lee Smolin said: Of course if the theory is right-and we never assume so-we must show more. We must show that the ground state is semiclassical, by solving the dynamics. This is … Continue reading →

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Angels and Demons

Posted on November 17, 2005 by PlatoHagel

Now how could such good thinking minds have not seen that the publics understandings might have been warped by the very underpinnings of good science men/woman, and all the issues become some fictional story for what evils and saints can … Continue reading →

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Paul Dirac and Geometrical Thinking?

Posted on November 17, 2005 by PlatoHagel

Into the Antiworld was originally staged at CERN inside the underground cavern that houses the Delphi experiment, in which collisions between electrons and their antiparticles – positrons – are studied. That setting must have been awe-inspiring, particularly as the show … Continue reading →

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