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Quantum Biology by Jim Al-Khalili

Dialogos of Eide

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Just an Old Goat :-)

Dialogos of Eide

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Busy Since June

Just wanted to explain the abscence of posts lately. We had been awful busy selling one place, and now finally, securing up our new home for retirement. So I am really still interested on what is happening in science and … Continue reading

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Which Philosopher was That?

Dogen was a master of “zazen,” the particular flavor of contemplative practice developed in Zen. Many of his writings are attempts to help his students understand the importance of, and approach to, this practice. But Dogen also tries to explain … Continue reading

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Gravitational Waves detected by LIGO

See Also: LIGO again detects gravitational waves   The scientists detected the gravitational waves using the twin Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO) interferometers, located in Livingston, Louisiana, and Hanford, Washington. On Dec. 26, 2015, at 3:38 UTC, both detectors, situated more … Continue reading

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LIGO experiment’s discovery of gravitational waves

LIGO Livingston observatory. Credit: Caltech/MIT/LIGO Lab. Scientists from the LIGO Scientific Collaboration (LSC) and the Virgo Collaboration will discuss their latest research in the effort to detect gravitational waves, at the 228th meeting of the American Astronomical Society (AAS) in … Continue reading

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Further on Base Reality

Just trying to see the context of possibilities under a paradigmatic viewing of a simulation of Space and Time. 3. Wheeler. His phrase “It from Bit” implies that at a deep level, everything is information. “Physicists have now returned to … Continue reading

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Evolved Laser Interferometer Space Antenna

View of amplified effects of a + polarized gravitational wave (stylized) on eLISA laser beams / arms paths. Detector noise curves for LISA and eLISA as a function of frequency. They lie in between the bands for ground-based detectors like … Continue reading

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Base Reality?

Elon Musk, “There’s a one in billions chance we’re in base reality” Written by Jason Koebler, Motherboard. “The strongest argument for us being in a simulation, probably being in a simulation is the following: 40 years ago, we had pong, … Continue reading

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Sean Carroll-The Big Picture: The Talk

The Big Picture: On the Origins of Life, Meaning, and the Universe Itself. See Also: The Big Picture: The Talk Dialogos of Eide

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