Monthly Archives: May 2007
Experiment, physics and science
Newton defined experiment to be an undefined absolute ((Newton made experiment a meaningless ritual. Every experiment in physics does nothing but prove Newton’s authority.)) which defined science as physics. ((To this day there is no definition of experiment in physics.)) … Continue reading
Constant power
Physicists choose one constant among infinity of possibilities and by convention and authority make it a constant of nature. Consider the speed of light. SOL is not constant. SOL is proportional to the medium. Do you agree that this is … Continue reading
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Hair splitting derivations
Why is it so difficult to argue with doctors? Because for doctors there is only one kind of relationship with non-doctors: teacher –> student By definition doctors will not agree with what you are saying. Ever. The only hope you … Continue reading
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Newton, Cavendish and Physicists
Do physicists respect history? I don’t think so. These are historical facts: 1. The so-called Newton’s constant G was defined in the 19th century. 2. Henry Cavendish lived in the 18th century. For rational people Cavendish could not have measured … Continue reading
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The evil axis of anti-science
All professionals have a purpose in scociety except academic physicists who do not have customers who come to them with a dispute, financial question or medical problem. Physicists define their job description and their problems and produce scholastic code they … Continue reading
The First Newtonian
Newton’s rap sheet against science: Newton called Descartes’ first law Newton’s first law Newton called Kepler’s third law Newton’s second law Newton called Huygens’ law of collisions Newton’s third law Newton’s definition 1 in Principia is Kepler’s third law Newton’s … Continue reading
Physical mythology
Physicists answer all questions about Nature by Newton’s authority. Physicists reversed the direction of the mythmaking process but it is still the mythological explanation of phenomena by authority, or more generally, by definition. The process goes like this: 1. Notice a … Continue reading
Units and constants
There are two kinds of constants: 1. kept-constant 2. equality of ratios Kept-constant Kept-constant is a unit which is kept constant in order to measure other similar quantities. A unit is a unit and can always be written as unity. … Continue reading
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Notes
Semantic Physics Would it be possible to simplify physics such that every symbol has a single meaning? I called this Semantic physics. Semantic physics is about meaning. Academic physics is about the absurd. Academic physics allows practitioners to use their authority to … Continue reading
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State of physics today
This article over at Not Even Wrong reiterates many points I have been making here about the state of physics today. Physics is a low level polemical sophistry practiced by professional Doctors of Philosophy such as Sean Carroll of Cosmic Variance. Dr. Woit calls Doctor Sean’s statements … Continue reading
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