Category Archives: Self Evident

The Book: A Chapter Still to be Read

Posted on December 27, 2009 by PlatoHagel

While the LHC is hibernating until February next year, outreach efforts are not on hold. Here in Germany, there is a nice exhibition on tour, called “Die Weltmaschine”. This means literally the “world machine” – somewhat better than the “big … Continue reading →

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What Began all Else Follows

Posted on December 11, 2009 by PlatoHagel

ISAACSON: The virtue of tolerance, which I think is the most important virtue we need in the 21st century. When Thomas Jefferson wrote the first draft of the Declaration, he had a great line, “We hold these truths to be … Continue reading →

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Philemon and the Liber Novus

Posted on October 17, 2009 by PlatoHagel

Giving a dream to a Jungian analyst is a little bit like feeding a complex quadratic equation to someone who really enjoys math. It takes time. The process itself is to be savored. The solution is not always immediately evident.The … Continue reading →

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Justice, Open to Interpretation While Reducible to Logic?

Posted on September 4, 2009 by PlatoHagel

Backreaction: A little less conversation, a little more science please This is the continuance of the proposal toward 21st Century View of Politics and good Government. While I had mention Consumerism this was to point out the supporting structure for … Continue reading →

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What holes?

Posted on July 29, 2009 by PlatoHagel

Steven Weinberg visiting the ATLAS cavern accompanied by Peter Jenni see: Steven Weinberg visits CERN So the understanding “is” that as Steven portrays as been spoken of before by Clifford or by associates in proximity, that his views reveal the … Continue reading →

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First Principles by Howard Burton

Posted on June 17, 2009 by PlatoHagel

After returning home from our little vacation, I’ve hunkered down to read, and I thought this would be a good time to come to know of the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics in Canada and how it started up. As … Continue reading →

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Understanding our Angels and Daemons

Posted on May 30, 2009 by PlatoHagel

So, every “story line” is about a Journey? IN Angel and Demons, we follow the story of Professor Robert Langdon. The Vatican summons Professor Robert Langdon (Tom Hanks) and Vittoria Vetra (Ayelet Zurer) from CERN to help them solve the … Continue reading →

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More on Angels and Demons

Posted on May 30, 2009 by PlatoHagel

In a sentence, the observations are spectacular and the conclusions are stunning,” said Brian Greene of Columbia University in New York City. “WMAP data support the notion that galaxies are nothing but quantum mechanics writ large across the sky.” “To … Continue reading →

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All Possible Outcomes?

Posted on March 17, 2009 by PlatoHagel

I must say to you that in my case I am asking of Calabi Yau’s, can have some predictability to how universe selection is accomplished and thus any steady development in mathematics pushing that landscape to credibility? This entry is … Continue reading →

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The Differences

Posted on March 7, 2009 by PlatoHagel

Phil:….yet more importantly it is only in difference that often times much is learned. IT is appropriate that such a point( self evident) in terms of “differences” is brought forward here for introspection, as a “inductive recognition of our journey’s … Continue reading →

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