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Before Making a descision

Posted on June 9, 2015 by PlatoHagel

Thinking means evaluating information or ideas rationally and logically. Jung called this a rational function, meaning that it involves decision making or judging, rather than the simple intake of information. Feeling, like thinking, is a matter of evaluating information, this … Continue reading →

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Holographic Universe, The Secret beyond Matter.

Posted on June 5, 2015 by PlatoHagel

Now you must understand while this supposed question of the understanding behind a Platonist heaven has some place here in the conversation, I had been pushing forward.  I am of course interested in the science, so as to understand reality. … Continue reading →

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The "Invisible Reality" of Quantum Theory with Alan Alda, Brian Greene, and others

Posted on June 1, 2015 by PlatoHagel

See: The “Invisible Reality” of Quantum Theory with Alan Alda, Brian Greene, and others *** See Also: Quantum Cognition Quantum Realism and Physical realism. Dialogos of Eide

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Quantum Cognition

Posted on May 31, 2015 by PlatoHagel

Niels Bohr, one of the founding fathers of quantum physics, suspected that it could provide insights into human psychology. Now a new field called quantum cognition is exploring how quantum math can explain some seemingly irrational human behavior. See: Quantum … Continue reading →

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Quantum Realism and Physical realism.

Posted on May 30, 2015 by PlatoHagel

Experiments at RHIC and the LHC have complementary strengths in studying the quark-gluon plasma, a state of matter in which quarks come unbound. Image: Brookhaven National Laboratory. See also: Experiments reveal new techniques in studying quark-gluon plasma To an empiricist, … Continue reading →

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Consciousness as a Pure State

Posted on May 26, 2015 by PlatoHagel

Life must be understood backwards; but… it must be lived forward.Soren Kierkegaard If consciousness is able to abstract, then consciousness is able to survive a heat death by going back to the beginning of the universe with those abstractions? Consciousness, … Continue reading →

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2015 World Science Festival

Posted on May 24, 2015 by PlatoHagel

See:  2015 World Science Festival Dialogos of Eide

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Dr. Amanda Peet on String Theory

Posted on May 23, 2015 by PlatoHagel

Published on May 8, 2015 Dr. Amanda Peet (University of Toronto) delivers a public lecture on how string theory can provide the “Legos” of the universe to understand phenomena like black holes. The talk was held at Perimeter Institute on … Continue reading →

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Pure States

Posted on May 22, 2015 by PlatoHagel

The direct realist view [11] is incredible because it suggests that we can have experience of objects out in the world directly, beyond the sensory surface, as if bypassing the chain of sensory processing. The pattern of electrochemical activity that … Continue reading →

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Are you a Platonist?

Posted on May 20, 2015 by PlatoHagel

Kant, however, is correct in that we inevitably try and conceive of transcendent, which means unconditioned, objects. This generates “dialectical illusion” in the Antinomies of reason. Kant thought that some Antinomies could be resolved as “postulates of practical reason” (God, … Continue reading →

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