Author Archives: PlatoHagel

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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Journal Club

Posted on March 25, 2012 by PlatoHagel

A journal club is a group of individuals who meet regularly to critically evaluate recent articles in scientific literature. Journal clubs are usually organized around a defined subject in basic or applied research. For example, the application of evidence-based medicine … Continue reading →

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Intuition

Posted on March 23, 2012 by PlatoHagel

Like Truth…..how is it one could have found any use of such an subjective tool while recognizing something inherent in the process of discovery? Your thoughts? Here’s two quotes for consideration. Intuition and Logic in Mathematics by Henri Poincaré On … Continue reading →

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The Truth

Posted on March 19, 2012 by PlatoHagel

The value of non-Euclidean geometry lies in its ability to liberate us from preconceived ideas in preparation for the time when exploration of physical laws might demand some geometry other than the Euclidean. Bernhard Riemann Yes, this is what I … Continue reading →

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Beacons of Discovery

Posted on March 15, 2012 by PlatoHagel

To discover what our world is made of and how it works at the most fundamental level is the challenge of particle physics. The tools of particle physics—experiments at particle accelerators and underground laboratories, together with observations of space—bring opportunities … Continue reading →

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Message Sent Through Rock Via Neutrino Beam

Posted on March 15, 2012 by PlatoHagel

See:Cern Courier:The right spin for a neutrino superfluid If like myself you are watching the history of communication,  it becomes important to understand the advances we have on the horizon for when we are looking across the expanse of space … Continue reading →

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