Author Archives: PlatoHagel

Lay Persons Weigh In

Posted on April 5, 2012 by PlatoHagel

Having been given the opportunity how did you feel after all has been said and done? See: Question to Laypersons: Your Views on the Neutrino Saga *** In September 2011, an international group of scientists has made an astonishing claim — … Continue reading →

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Cern: Physics restarts in the LHC at new record energy

Posted on April 5, 2012 by PlatoHagel

The LHC has started proton collisions at the unprecedent energy of 4 TeV per beam. This video celebrates the new milestone and explains the physics challenges and ecxpectations for the two larger experiments ATLAS and CMS through the words of … Continue reading →

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Correlation of Cognition

Posted on April 5, 2012 by PlatoHagel

I highlight the term “correlation” as a recognition of what is possible through cognition also think of Relativism why push Searle? ….Correlation of Cognition was a term I applied back then to try and understand this process as an intuitive … Continue reading →

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What Is Déjà Vu?

Posted on April 3, 2012 by PlatoHagel

*** Déjà vu (French pronunciation: [deʒa vy] ( listen), literally “already seen”) is the experience of feeling sure that one has already witnessed or experienced a current situation, even though the exact circumstances of the prior encounter are uncertain and were perhaps … Continue reading →

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We Are Not So Ancient

Posted on April 3, 2012 by PlatoHagel

Elizabeth Gilbert on nurturing creativity Elizabeth Gilbert muses on the impossible things we expect from artists and geniuses — and shares the radical idea that, instead of the rare person “being” a genius, all of us “have” a genius. It’s … Continue reading →

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Justified true belief

Posted on April 2, 2012 by PlatoHagel

 Before Gettier, an historical account brings one up to date? Euler diagram representing a definition of knowledge. Justified true belief is one definition of knowledge that states in order to know that a given proposition is true, one must not … Continue reading →

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Eta Carinae

Posted on March 30, 2012 by PlatoHagel

Preview of a Forthcoming Supernova At the turn of the 19th century, the binary star system Eta Carinae was faint and undistinguished. In the first decades of the century, it became brighter and brighter, until, by April 1843, it was … Continue reading →

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Hubble Legacy Archive

Posted on March 29, 2012 by PlatoHagel

Welcome to the Hubble Legacy Archive   The Hubble Legacy Archive (HLA) is designed to optimize science from the Hubble Space Telescope by providing online, enhanced Hubble products and advanced browsing capabilities. The HLA is a joint project of the Space … Continue reading →

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Relativism

Posted on March 29, 2012 by PlatoHagel

The Nobel Prize in Physics 1914 Max von Laue I am not sure what I can add other then what I have already been saying toward logical deduction….I still need to get a handle on the essence of what is … Continue reading →

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On the Question of a Daemon

Posted on March 25, 2012 by PlatoHagel

( Arthur Koestler on Creativity )  You’ve seen it before? Perhaps you found it scrawled in goat’s blood on the walls of an abysmal abbey, written in the crabbed hand of one who purported to teach the whole of the … Continue reading →

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