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Day: February 25, 2014

Brian Greene on free will

Ignostic Atheist called my attention to this video of Brian Greene contemplating free will.  Greene's take: useful to buy into but illusory.  I know many readers will disagree about the 'useful' bit, while I prefer 'emergent' instead of 'illusory', but basically agree with his sentiment. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBNzaXx6eKg

SelfAwarePatterns Zeitgeist 8 Comments February 25, 2014 1 Minute

Searching for empirical anomalies

Ars Technica has an article about the most accurate measurement yet of the mass of the electron.  It was an interesting article, particularly in describing how the scientists went about making the measurement. But I was struck by something said at the end: Physicist know that the Standard Model—great for explaining the world of the … Continue reading Searching for empirical anomalies →

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