Category: physics
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David Bohm on Thought, Perception and Matter
Quotes from David Bohm, Thought as a System p. 146 “Thought’s participation produces all sorts of things. And it effects perception – what you think affects what you perceive outside and how you feel inside.” p. 146 “You see of feel something produced by thought, but then the next thought comes along and says ‘I’m…
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Laws of Physics and Theology
A quote from Paul Davies, Universe from Bit in Information and the Nature of Reality: From Physics to Metaphysics (suggested by Wendy Wheeler on biosemiotics list) ‘It is remarkable that this view [the orthodox concept of laws of physics derives directly from theology] has remained largely unchallenged after 300 years of secular science. Indeed, the “theological model”…
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Stephen Hawking: Philosophy is Dead
My thoughts after reading The Grand Design by Hawking and Mlodinow.
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From Boltzmann’s fluctuation hypothesis to Boltzmann’s Brain
Quotes from Huw Price – The Thermodynamic Arrow: Puzzles and Pseudo-Puzzles. Also from Sean Carroll – Boltzmann Anthropic Brain.
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God as a Cosmic Operator
Quotes from Paul Feyerabend, The Tyranny of Science. History of discussions on stability of the the solar system. Newton believed that God must make corrections to keep stability.
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Two Mathematicians in a Bunker and Existence of Pi
A thought experiment to discuss whether Pi exists. Physicalism vs. Platonism.
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Entropy and Information
Critique on using information entropy in thermodynamics.
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David Lindley: The End of Physics
Quotes from David Lindley, The End of Physics. The Myth of a Unified Theory.