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Wednesday, April 30, 2008

The Resilient Community

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John Robb: The Resilient Community: Read Here & Here . As Things Fall Apart . The fall back is DIY community. Unfortunately, a sens...
Monday, April 28, 2008

Physics and Philosophy - Thoughts on the Implications of Quantum Mechanics, and Other Matters #10vii

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10. On Quantum Mechanics: vii. Classically, in a simple system, if we know the initial conditions of a system, such as its position and mome...
Tuesday, April 22, 2008

Propaganda: Believing Your Own Lies

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William S. Lind's latest installment of On War concerns the dangers of believing your own propaganda (i.e. lies) in war. As he conclud...
Friday, April 18, 2008

Physics and Philosophy - Thoughts on the Implications of Quantum Mechanics, and Other Matters Section #10vi

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10. On Quantum Mechanics: vi. The Correspondence Principle states that the behavior of quantum mechanical systems reproduce classical physi...
Sunday, April 13, 2008

Physics and Philosophy - Thoughts on the Implications of Quantum Mechanics, and Other Matters Section #10v

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10. On Quantum Mechanics: v. In quantum mechanics, each particle is described by its wave or state function. The wave function contains inf...
Monday, April 07, 2008

Physics and Philosophy - Thoughts on the Implications of Quantum Mechanics, and Other Matters #10iv

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10. On Quantum Mechanics: iv. Position and momentum are complimentary dynamical observables. If we wish to determine a particles position, ...
Monday, March 31, 2008

Physics and Philosophy - Thoughts on the Implications of Quantum Mechanics, and Other Matters #10iii

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10. On Quantum Mechanics: iii. Wave particle duality is exhibited by electrons and other subatomic particles. Simply stated, such particles...
Thursday, March 27, 2008

Physics and Philosophy - Thoughts on the Implications of Quantum Mechanics, and Other Matters #10ii

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10. On Quantum Mechanics: ii. Quantum physics differs from classical physics. The energy levels and distances are on an atomic scale. The a...
Sunday, March 23, 2008

Modern Warriors: Kenya

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Kenyan Tribes Wage a War With Bows and Arrows is fascinating photographic evidence of a relatively "civilized" (I would say civil...
Wednesday, March 19, 2008

Physics and Philosophy - Thoughts on the Implications of Quantum Mechanics, and Other Matters #10i

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10. On Quantum Mechanics: i. A running joke among physicists states that if one were to ask ten physicists to define quantum mechanics, you ...
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Saturday, March 15, 2008

Physics and Philosophy - Thoughts on the Implications of Quantum Mechanics, and Other Matters #9iii

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9. On Causality: iii. The tendency to see everything in terms of causes and effects was reinforced by pre-20th Century science, especially ...
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Wednesday, March 12, 2008

Physics and Philosophy - Thoughts on the Implications of Quantum Mechanics, and Other Matters #9ii

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9. On Causality: ii. Supply and demand are economic manifestations of causality. In theory, needs and wants are mutually self sustaining wi...
Saturday, March 08, 2008

Physics and Philosophy - Thoughts on the Implications of Quantum Mechanics, and Other Matters #9i

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9. On Causality: i. According to Kant, the human mind perceives all secessions of events as a chain of causes and effects. In a general per...
Wednesday, March 05, 2008

Physics and Philosophy - Thoughts on the Implications of Quantum Mechanics, and Other Matters #8ii

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ii. Physics makes for good metaphor. A metaphor is not a simile. Solely a human invention, reality does not recognize such constructs. Fo...
Saturday, March 01, 2008

Physics and Philosophy - Thoughts on the Implications of Quantum Mechanics, and Other Matters #8i

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8i. Although seen less with each passing generation, some philosophers are physicists, and some physicists are philosophers. This duality i...