Philosophy
Before you get the wrong idea, the picture to the right shows an artist's rendition of two photons flying through space... not a sperm race :)
For the past century, scientists have been hard at work trying to articulate a 'final theory' capable of unifying all the fundamental forces of the universe. Although quantum mechanics and Einstein's general theory of relativity are individually successful to an unprecedented degree, these two theories seem to be incompatible with each other, and that tends to upset everyone.
After mapping the extreme sky with incredible resolution, NASA's Fermi Gamma Ray Space Telescope recently found itself in a position to scientifically test some predictions about the nature of gravity and the space-time continuum. Its findings had two major consequences: they confirmed that Einstein is as strong a competitor as ever, and they eliminated a number of theories from the race. Here is how the logic works:
Curious about the final theory? Check out The Elegant Universe (parts 1, 2 & 3), or Einstein's Unfinished Symphony.
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- God, Darwin, And Conservative Kumbaya
In a recent op/ed in The New York Times, Robert Wright offers a "grand bargain" in a bid to arrange a ceasefire in the war between the religious and those who accept evolution. We can form, he argues, a theory completely consistent with evolution by simply...
- Einstein And The Logical Left
Albert Einstein had a problem. He had been working for almost five years to figure out a way to work gravitation into his theory of relativity and he thought he had it. But then there were the holes. He knew he needed a set of field equations and he thought...
- Redaction From Hawking
"Stephen Hawking says there is no such thing as black holes, Einstein spinning in his grave" STEPHEN Hawking has rocked the world of physics by reversing his lifetime’s work to claim that black holes do NOT exist – insisting they’re more like 50...
- Albert Einstein's Methodology
Abstract... This paper discusses Einstein's methodology. The first topic is: Einstein characterized his work as a theory of principle and reasoned that beyond kinematics, the 1905 heuristic relativity principle could offer new connections between...
- Time To Re-evaluate Physics
I think, as I have said before, that it is time for a re-evaluation in physics...that mere mathematical expressions are insufficient as an epistemological sources without evidence...reverence for the scientific method...if not, then we move into the realm...
Philosophy
Space Is Rico-Suave... I Mean Smooth :)
Before you get the wrong idea, the picture to the right shows an artist's rendition of two photons flying through space... not a sperm race :)For the past century, scientists have been hard at work trying to articulate a 'final theory' capable of unifying all the fundamental forces of the universe. Although quantum mechanics and Einstein's general theory of relativity are individually successful to an unprecedented degree, these two theories seem to be incompatible with each other, and that tends to upset everyone.
After mapping the extreme sky with incredible resolution, NASA's Fermi Gamma Ray Space Telescope recently found itself in a position to scientifically test some predictions about the nature of gravity and the space-time continuum. Its findings had two major consequences: they confirmed that Einstein is as strong a competitor as ever, and they eliminated a number of theories from the race. Here is how the logic works:
Curious about the final theory? Check out The Elegant Universe (parts 1, 2 & 3), or Einstein's Unfinished Symphony.
.
- God, Darwin, And Conservative Kumbaya
In a recent op/ed in The New York Times, Robert Wright offers a "grand bargain" in a bid to arrange a ceasefire in the war between the religious and those who accept evolution. We can form, he argues, a theory completely consistent with evolution by simply...
- Einstein And The Logical Left
Albert Einstein had a problem. He had been working for almost five years to figure out a way to work gravitation into his theory of relativity and he thought he had it. But then there were the holes. He knew he needed a set of field equations and he thought...
- Redaction From Hawking
"Stephen Hawking says there is no such thing as black holes, Einstein spinning in his grave" STEPHEN Hawking has rocked the world of physics by reversing his lifetime’s work to claim that black holes do NOT exist – insisting they’re more like 50...
- Albert Einstein's Methodology
Abstract... This paper discusses Einstein's methodology. The first topic is: Einstein characterized his work as a theory of principle and reasoned that beyond kinematics, the 1905 heuristic relativity principle could offer new connections between...
- Time To Re-evaluate Physics
I think, as I have said before, that it is time for a re-evaluation in physics...that mere mathematical expressions are insufficient as an epistemological sources without evidence...reverence for the scientific method...if not, then we move into the realm...