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Category Archives: Science
Sean Carroll’s Something Deeply Hidden
I’m just about finished reading Sean Carroll’s Something Deeply Hidden. I was going to wait to post this until I’d completely finished, but all I’ve got left is the appendix, I perceive that I’ve gotten through the main points, and … Continue reading
Why you can’t use quantum entanglement for faster than light communication
Albert Einstein, with his theory of special relativity, established that the speed of light is the absolute speed limit of the universe. A rocket ship attempting to accelerate to the speed of light encounters some well known effects: time dilation, … Continue reading
Posted in Science
Tagged ftl, Physics, Quantum entanglement, Quantum mechanics, Relativity, Science, Special relativity
86 Comments
Recommendation: What Is Real?
Last week I started listening to a Sean Carroll podcast episode, an interview of Adam Becker on his book, What Is Real?: The Unfinished Quest for the Meaning of Quantum Physics. Before even finishing the episode, I downloaded Becker’s book … Continue reading
Posted in Science
Tagged History, Interpretations of quantum mechanics, Physics, Quantum mechanics, Science
16 Comments
Neanderthals and the beginnings of us
The Smithsonian has an interesting article up on what we currently know about Neanderthals. The article details some of the internecine battles that always seems to be a part of the paleoanthropology field, in this case focusing on the capabilities … Continue reading
Posted in Science
Tagged Anthropology, Archaeology, History, Human evolution, Neanderthal, Prehistory, Science
13 Comments
Do all quantum trails inevitably lead to Everett?
I’ve been thinking lately about quantum physics, a topic that seems to attract all sorts of crazy speculation and intense controversy, which seems inevitable. Quantum mechanics challenges our deepest held most cherished beliefs about how reality works. If you study … Continue reading
Are the social sciences “real” science?
YouTube channel Crash Course is starting a new series on what is perhaps the most social of social sciences: Sociology. The social sciences, such as sociology, but also psychology, economics, anthropology, and other similar fields get a lot of grief … Continue reading
Posted in Science
Tagged Crash Course (YouTube), Philosophy of science, Science, Social science, Sociology
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What do scientific theories actually tell us about the world?
One of the things that’s exciting about learning new things, is that often a new understanding in one area sheds light on what might seem like a completely separate topic. For me, information about how the brain works appears to have shed … Continue reading
Posted in Philosophy, Science
Tagged Brain, Consciousness, Epistemology, Mind, Philosophy, Philosophy of science, Science, Scientific theory
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Consciousness is composed of non-consciousness
The components of a thing are not individually the thing. For example, the components of the chair I type most of my blog posts from are not the chair itself, but the wood of the frame, the springs for the … Continue reading
Posted in Mind and AI, Philosophy, Science
Tagged Brain, Consciousness, emergence, Mind, Philosophy, Physics, reductionism
63 Comments
First Peoples and Neanderthals
This weekend, I finished off the last of the ‘First Peoples‘ PBS miniseries on prehistoric humans. If you’ve watched other documentaries on human prehistory and found them interesting, then you’ll want to watch this one to get the latest findings. … Continue reading