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Category Archives: Science
Bye Bye Einstein
This last post in the series explains why I believe it is time to say goodbye to Einstein, and why I look forward to how our worldview develops in the light of this CERN discovery of material superluminality. Continue reading
Posted in philosophy, physics, Quotes, Science
Tagged Albert Einstein, philosophy, physics, relativity, Richard Feynman, Untitled
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Why not Discard Special Relativity?
This second post in my series on the superluminality observed (or suspected) at CERN looks at why we cannot accept it.
Posted in philosophy, physics, Science
Tagged Albert Einstein, CERN, Maxwells Equations, philosophy, physics, relativity, Richard Feynman
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Faster than Light
When they discovered particles going faster than light at CERN, they didn’t want to believe themselves. They were practically begging the rest of the community to find a mistake in this discovery. Why would they do that? This post and its follow ups will try to shed some light on this strange lack of faith.
Posted in philosophy, physics, Science
Tagged Albert Einstein, Maxwells Equations, philosophy, physics
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Free Will — An Illusion?
Are our lives just moving along on their own preordained paths, while we, like the epiphenomenal froth, think that we have control and free will? Continue reading
Only a Matter of Time
Here is an unreal look at the what and why of time. Why do we have a sense of time when none of our five senses can sense it? Continue reading
Half a Bucket of Water
When philosophers look at anything, it becomes a bit technical. Their technical analysis may sound boring and irrelevant. Here is an attempt to tilt things in their favor. Continue reading
Posted in philosophy, physics, Science
Tagged philosophy, physics, quantitative finance, relativity, space and time
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On Rationality and Delusions
What do we mean by rationality? Why do we think it is a good thing to be rational? Continue reading
Posted in Books, philosophy, physics, Science
Tagged dawkins, philosophy, richard dawkins, the god delusion
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Blind-Sight
Blind-sight is an interesting neurological syndrome, and a philosophical conundrum. It shows how we may have senses that we are not consciously aware of. If there are senses that we can be unaware of, how sure can we be of the “sensed”? Or of our “delusions”? Continue reading
Posted in Books, philosophy, physics, Science
Tagged dawkins, philosophy, richard dawkins, the god delusion
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A Plausible God
Here is a concept of God that doesn’t violate the known principles of science, and should therefore be consistent with the so-called scientific worldview. Mind you, plausibility of the concept says nothing about its veracity; but it may say something about it being a delusion. Continue reading
Posted in Books, philosophy, physics, Science
Tagged dawkins, philosophy, richard dawkins, the god delusion
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The God Delusion
An unreal review of the book The God Delusion. [...]The book gave me a strange feeling of dissatisfaction. You see, you may believe in God. Or you may not believe that there is a God. Or you may actively believe that there is no God. I fall in this the last category. But I still know that it is only my belief, and that thought fills me with a humility that I feel Dawkins lacks.[...] Continue reading
Posted in Books, Creative, philosophy, Science
Tagged dawkins, philosophy, richard dawkins, the god delusion
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Talent and Intelligence
If hard work does not entitle us to fat bonuses, perhaps our “talent” does? This is the third in the series of posts based on an upcoming column of mine in the Wilmott Magazine. Continue reading
Change the Facts
Of truth and beauty — in physics and philosophy Continue reading
Posted in Creative, philosophy, physics, Quotes, Science
Tagged Albert Einstein, philosophy, physics
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Global Warming and the Flu
An unreal look at global warming. Are we a virus on the earth? And is the global warming a bout of fever? Published in the Singaporean newspaper, Today, on 1 Dec 2008. Continue reading
Posted in Columns, Environment, philosophy, Science, The Today Paper
Tagged Columns, philosophy, physics
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Why the Speed of Light?
Another post in the latest blitz of physics/philosophy articles, this one presents an idea that the significance of the speed of light a la Special Relativity is a consequence of our perception rather than an assumption. Continue reading
Are Radio Sources and Gamma Ray Bursts Luminal Booms?
This post is the blog version of my article published in the International Journal of Modern Physics D (IJMP-D) in 2007, soon to become the Top Accessed Article of the journal by Jan 2008. Although it might seem like a hard core physics article, it is in fact an application of the philosophical insight permeating this blog and my book. Continue reading
Posted in Articles and Essays, physics, Science
Tagged AGN, Doppler shift, galaxy, grb afterglow, Lorentz invariance, perception, physics, radio sources, relativity, sonic boom
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Genetics of Good and Evil
Morality is considered a cognitive manifestation. Can we find some genetic basis for what we consider good and evil? Could the philosophical domain of ethics come under the purview of evolutionary biology? Continue reading
Posted in philosophy, Science
Tagged DNA, ethnic cleansing, evolution, genetic explanation, genetics, morality, slavery
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End of Evolution
Does evolution still work among human beings? Or, have we messed up the potential genetic advantages of random mutations to such an extent that we have stopped evolution on its track? Continue reading
Evolution–Inverted Logic
Evolution is one of those funny things — since we are its end products, our thought processes are not quite big enough to grasp all its implications. At least, not right away. Here is a look at what logic means, and what beauty means in terms of evolution. Continue reading
Posted in philosophy, Science
Tagged causality, environment, evolution, genes, genetics, logic, theory of evolution
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