| 151 | Time travel: sci-fi? Preview: When you look at the clear night sky, you see stars-those tiny diamonds suspended in the vast pitch-black emptiness. But stars shine because…? Our own sun, which is a star, emits light. Stars are like giant bulbs but are much more powerful. Light travels at a speed of 3.0*108m/s in vacuum and space is mostly vacuum. In other words light can cover... (more) Published By: Khalil A. Cassimally Submitted: 10 December,2004 |
| 152 | Sir William Crookes and Home Preview: You may have heard about the media coverage of the Wright Brother’s flight and how it took three years before Scientific American stopped trying to debunk it. You may already know about the early 20th Century Patent Office Official who declared ‘everything that could be discovered was discovered’. You may even know about the Paris Academy of Scien... (more) Published By: Robert Bruce Baird Submitted: 16 December,2004 |
| 153 | Mystical Physicists Preview: Mystical Physicists: By Robert Bruce Baird INSPIRATIONAL COMMENTS: “There is a principle which is a bar against all information, which is proof against all arguments and which cannot fail to keep a man in everlasting ignorance – that principle is contempt prior to investigation. – Herbert Spencer” Albert Einstein - "We are seeking for the s... (more) Published By: Robert Bruce Baird Submitted: 16 December,2004 |
| 154 | Conmathematical Resolution of Russell's Paradox Preview: Russell's Paradox - 'A paradox uncovered by Bertrand Russell in 1901 that forced a reformulation of set theory. One version of Russell's paradox, known as the barber paradox, considers a town with a male barber who, every day, shaves every man who doesn't shave himself, and no one else. Does the barber shave himself ? The scenario as described ... (more) Published By: Dr Kedar Joshi Submitted: 18 December,2004 |
| 155 | The Non - Spatial Natural Selection (NSNS) or The NSTP Theory of Evolution Preview: Some Background - 'To suppose that the eye, with all its inimitable contrivances for adjusting the focus to different distances, for admitting different amounts of light, and for the correction of spherical and chromatic aberration, could have been formed by natural selection, seems, I freely confess, absurd in the highest possible degree. Yet ... (more) Published By: Dr Kedar Joshi Submitted: 18 December,2004 |
| 156 | The NSTP (Non - Spatial Thinking Process) Theory as a Masterkey : Non - Spatial Universal Mechanics Preview: The NSTP ( Non - Spatial Thinking Process ) theory, a published invention (2002) of Kedar Joshi ( b. 1979 ) (i.e.Myself), a Cambridge ( England ) based philosopher, is a position that, in computer terminology, regards Universe as a Non - Spatial Computer and Space as a Virtual Reality (UNSCSVR). This model of reality can resolve the mysteries sur... (more) Published By: Dr Kedar Joshi Submitted: 18 December,2004 |
| 157 | The NSTP Theoretical Resolution of Zeno's Paradoxes Preview: Zeno of Elea's (b.490 BC) arguments against motion precipitated a crisis in Greek thought. All of these, concerning motion, have had a profound influence on the development of mathematics. They are described in Aristotle's great work 'Physics' and are presented as four arguments in the form of paradoxes, stated below : 1. The Racecourse or Dich... (more) Published By: Dr Kedar Joshi Submitted: 18 December,2004 |
| 158 | The Superultramodern Scientific Explanation of the Fundamental Forces Preview: Part I The particle theorists' explanation of the fundamental forces - 1) Explanation of the force of repulsion - 'In quantum mechanics, the forces or interactions between matter particles are all supposed to be carried by particles of integer spin - 0, 1, or 2. What happens is that a matter particle, such as an electron or a quark, emits a ... (more) Published By: Dr Kedar Joshi Submitted: 18 December,2004 |
| 159 | Conmathematics (Conceptual Mathematics) : The Superultramodern Mathematics (SM) Preview: The term Conmathematics [ invented by Kedar Joshi (b.1979), Cambridge (England), i.e. myself ] means Conceptual Mathematics. It is a meta - mathematical system that defines the structure of Superultramodern Mathematical Science. (Conmathematics means that modern/ultramodern mathematics is not as conceptual as it should be.) It has four main com... (more) Published By: Dr Kedar Joshi Submitted: 18 December,2004 |
| 160 | The Superultramodern Principia : The Foundations of Superultramodern Science (SS) Preview: The Superultramodern Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica (in short, The Superultramodern Principia) mainly combines The NSTP (Non - Spatial Thinking Process) Theory and Conmathematics (Conceptual Mathematics). It also entails some other ideas of Dr Kedar Joshi like 'If reason itself is flawed', Great flaws in modern/ultramodern physics, ... (more) Published By: Dr Kedar Joshi Submitted: 19 December,2004 |
| 161 | Joshian Conjectures ( i.e. Superultramodern Scientific Conjectures ) Preview: Following are some conjectures of Dr Kedar Joshi ( i.e. myself ) that are more or less essential to the superultramodern science. 1. Joshian Conjecture of Three Dimensional Space - Space has three and only three ( spatial ) dimensions. Basis : i. There is no evidence to believe in hyperspace : space with more than three ( spatial ) dimensio... (more) Published By: Dr Kedar Joshi Submitted: 20 December,2004 |
| 162 | Only knowledge from above... Preview: “Only knowledge from above can Move us forward.” On Christopher Columbus’ fourth voyage to the New World in 1503, he and his crew became stranded on the island of Jamaica. Columbus’ food supply was almost gone, and his ship was too badly damaged to repair [worms had eaten through the wooden hull]. At first, the Jamaicans gave Columbus and his ... (more) Published By: Terry Dashner Submitted: 30 December,2004 |
| 163 | The Measurement Problem in Quantum Mechanics Preview: Arguably the most intractable philosophical question attached to Quantum Mechanics (QM) is that of Measurement. The accepted (a.k.a. Copenhagen) Interpretation of QM says that the very act of sentient measurement determines the outcome of the measurement in the quantum (microcosmic) realm. The wave function (which describes the co-existing, superp... (more) Published By: Sam Vaknin Submitted: 31 December,2004 |
| 164 | Alternative Energy Series Fast Burn Conversion Preview: The best candidates for fast burn conversion are spark ignited piston engines with adjustable spark timing. Those with carburetors as original equipment do not have computers that control additional automotive functions besides fuel metering and spark timing. The fast burn engine can’t use computer management as a low cost conversion option. If an... (more) Published By: Ed Howes Submitted: 10 January,2005 |
| 165 | Alternative Energy Series Cheap, Clean Energy Everywhere Now! Preview: I had sincerely hoped to profit from the things I have learned about energy over the past 20 years. Much time has passed without progress. I never found anyone to help or encourage me to bring these not so new technologies to market, so here I will offer them to the world and see if anyone might find value in free information. The combustion proc... (more) Published By: Ed Howes Submitted: 10 January,2005 |
| 166 | Alternative Energy Series Water - The Perfect Fuel Preview: As a freshman in high school, I failed chemistry class due to an extreme disinterest in the entire subject. I do recall a demonstration in which the teacher hooked a large one and a half volt battery to a glass and wire electrolyzer that transformed water into separated hydrogen and oxygen. I would later learn that commercial hydrogen and oxygen p... (more) Published By: Ed Howes Submitted: 10 January,2005 |
| 167 | Human Origins Preview: The issue of human evolution going back at least 9,000,000 (nine million) years and possibly even being upright by that time is another of the facts which when in my youth seemed totally ridiculous. Actually many mystics said it goes back twelve million years to when what could be called the missing link occurred. The matter of whether we descend... (more) Published By: Robert Bruce Baird Submitted: 12 January,2005 |
| 168 | The FR ( Flawed Reason ) Theory Preview: FR ( Flawed Reason ) theory is a theory that reason itself is ultimately flawed. That is, at some point Reason breaks down. It is not just a matter of human reason but Reason itself. FR theory, at least at this stage, does not say that it is certain ( 100 % or 99.99...% taking the principle of ‘anything may be possible into account ) that Reaso... (more) Published By: Dr Kedar Joshi, PBSSI Submitted: 15 January,2005 |
| 169 | Superultramodern Scientism (SSism) Preview: Superultramodern Scientism (SSism) is Scientism of Superultramodern Science (SS). Without SSism, SS would be seen as a philosophy instead of science. SSism agrees with the definition of Science as a systematic body of knowledge. More systematic a body of knowledge is the more scientific it is. SSism is essentially based on its critique of logic... (more) Published By: Dr Kedar Joshi, PBSSI Submitted: 16 January,2005 |
| 170 | Pasteur Preview: 918-451-0270, Terry Dashner I think you will benefit from this story told by author Robert Hastings. Dr. Hastings is a native of Illinois and has written many books with stories which are as good as, or better than, this one. Enjoy. Although Robert Koch proved to the world that diseases are transmitted by microbes or germs invisible to the huma... (more) Published By: Terry Dashner Submitted: 19 January,2005 |