Tag Archives: Doctors of philosophy
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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How to philosophize with a physics equation
Given two physical quantities a and b and a constant c with proper units, every physics equation apparently looks like this: But, if you write the hidden terms explicitly every physics equation in truth looks like this: Consider the most famous … Continue reading
Stop teaching the occult doctrines of Newtonism in the classroom
In this interview Nancy Pearcey gives an example of how a children’s story that she wrote was changed by a television network to fit their “politically correct” worldview and concludes that children are bombarded by such distinct worldviews without their … Continue reading
The New Revolution: A Scopes Trial Against Newtonism
I am planning to stage a Scopes-type trial against Newtonism which is taught in public schools in the United States as science under the name of “physics”. The goal of the trial is to expose Newtonism as a British cult … Continue reading
Dear physicist. . .
Newton’s Principia is based on Kepler’s rule understood as the definition of density. We postulate the density continuum defined by the rule R03/T02 = R3/T2. The entire Newtonian mechanics, Newton’s laws and Newton’s equations of motion are nothing more than … Continue reading
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Con men of cosmology
Big bang and beyond: The Big Bang and Beyond program is designed to explore forefront issues concerning the events surrounding the big bang and how they relate to both cosmological observations and particle accelerator experiments. Characteristic presentation: “Eternal Inflation”: Examining … Continue reading
In physics we trust
From comments: a grain of truth perhaps but extrapolated to a point where it has next to no meaning. a simple thesis but perhaps a little too simple. it’s a pity because there are of course issues with any body … Continue reading
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Physics under attack
A comment to Moshe of Shores of the Dirac Sea It’s interesting that you titled your post “defending our turf“. Indeed, this is an old academic turf war between two types of doctors, Doctors of Philosophy who are now called … Continue reading
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Did Leonard Susskind discover the string theory as he claims
Dr. Leonard Susskind. Physicist. Will speak about the origin of the Universe. In a conference organized by the Skeptic magazine and Templeton foundation. What caught my attention reading Dr. Susskind’s bio was the first sentence: The discoverer of string theory. … Continue reading
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Origins
The study of origins is called cosmogony. If the origin of something is known then there is nothing to study. If the origin of something is hidden then enter the professional class called Doctors of Philosophy or Theology and they … Continue reading
