Tag Archives: Smolin

Quantum Geometry

Posted on December 9, 2004 by PlatoHagel

Mathematics is not the rigid and rigidity-producing schema that the layman thinks it is; rather, in it we find ourselves at that meeting point of constraint and freedom that is the very essence of human nature. – Hermann Weyl I … Continue reading →

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Quantum Geometricization: The Struggle

Posted on November 29, 2004 by PlatoHagel

If Lorentz symmetry is broken by some mechanism originating at the Planck scale, is there any hope of detecting such an effect? Surprisingly, the answer is yes. Over the past decade Kostelecky and co-workers have been exploring how a violation … Continue reading →

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Mathematicians and Physicists Do is Perhaps Like Sculpture

Posted on November 23, 2004 by PlatoHagel

“Science is that human activity in which we aim to show towards nature that respect that in a democracy we endeavor to show towards each other.” Smolin then goes on to write something interesting here. Many would have interpreted the … Continue reading →

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Mass Transfer to Blackhole

Posted on November 14, 2004 by PlatoHagel

This image is very strong in mind as I read Smolins discriptions of the thing?:) Consider any physical system, made of anything at all- let us call it, The Thing. We require only that The Thing can be enclosed within … Continue reading →

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The Holographical Principle

Posted on November 11, 2004 by PlatoHagel

I must add a very important note. It is still hard for me to believe that Lee Smolin wrote something that could imply that *he* was the author of the conjecture. Lee Smolin has nothing to do with the discovery … Continue reading →

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