Author Archives: PlatoHagel

Experimental Search for Quantum Gravity

 Sabine Hossenfelder “ESQG Summary and Outlook” Talk on 16 July 2010 at the workshop “Experimental Search for Quantum Gravity”, 12-16 July, 2010, at Nordita in Stockholm, Sweden. http://www.nordita.org/esqg2010 See Also: Bee Writes:I like this example of neutral Kaon oscillations because … Continue reading

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For You Men Out There

This post has been due in that one can learn so many things about ones perspective having been engaged with the realities. So it was with me that I was at a loss of how to deal with,  that my … Continue reading

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Mars Rover: Curiosity

‘Greeley Panorama’ from Opportunity’s Fifth Martian Winter This full-circle scene combines 817 images taken by the panoramic camera (Pancam) on NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity. It shows the terrain that surrounded the rover while it was stationary for four months … Continue reading

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Physicists show strengthened signals of Higgs-like particle in publications

Protons collide in the CMS detector at 8 TeV, forming Z bosons which decay into electrons (green lines) and muons (red). Such an event is compatible with the decay of a Standard Model Higgs boson. Image: CMS The CMS and … Continue reading

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New Ways of Looking at Things

I am having some  problems defining the way in which some concepts have been presented for consideration. So it may seem a little frazzled but it’s one of those things that sits just below the surface waiting to be explained … Continue reading

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Ruminations on Alchemy of Sir Isaac Newton

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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Silica Garden Illustrating Mineral "Vegetation"

In Newton’s day, a silica garden was usually made by placing ferric chloride lumps in a solution of potassium silicate, as in the following demonstration. See: Multimedia Lab Isaac Newton is known today as one of the most profound scientists … Continue reading

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About Knowledge

“As to you, Life, I reckon you are the leavings of many deaths, No doubt I have died myself ten thousand times before.” “Leaves of Grass” by Walt Whitman Justified true belief…..does it matter what knowledge could exist in or … Continue reading

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Vacationing On Vancouver Island

 Along the beach in Parksville there was a sand sculpture contest going on. Here is a video of the sculptures and how they were being made. They all  looked pretty neat. Here are some pictures I took of the finished … Continue reading

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Process Fractal vs Geometry Fractals

Let proportion be found not only in numbers, but also in sounds, weights, times and positions, and whatever force there is.Leonardo Da Vinci The Mandelbrot set, seen here in an image generated by NOVA, epitomizes the fractal. Photo credit: © … Continue reading

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