Monthly Archives: January 2012
Peddlers of Secrets
Scholastic doctors of philosophy have been the custodians of humanity’s theoretical knowledge base ever since the investigation of nature was coupled to education with the founding of first universities in Europe. Doctors make their living by teaching; this means that: … Continue reading
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Orbits are not forceful
How could Newton compute orbits with this occult quality he called force? Nature is not occult. But the occult has always been a part of scholasticism in the form of occult causes and dormitive virtues the doctors of philosophy used … Continue reading
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Rejection of Newton’s atomic materialism leads to a new science
By reverse-engineering Newton’s System of the World and its modern extension called “physics”, we see that Newton built a complicated and absurd structure in order to save his assumption of atomic materialism. The assumptions named force, mass, rectilinear inertia, instantaneous … Continue reading
Physics: ENRON of sciences
Physicist Frank Close writes: Unfortunately, in its raw form, Quantum Field Theory doesn’t make sense — its outputs are physically impossible infinite percentages when they should be something simpler, like the number 1. The kind of physics that the Higgs … Continue reading
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Physics is stuck in the 18th century
A practicing physicist pats herself on the back: In the last century we have made dramatic progress with our understanding of space, time and matter, but open problems in today’s best theories tell us that our knowledge is incomplete. The … Continue reading
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