Why It's So Difficult To Change People's Mindshttps://zerocontradictions.net/epistemology/difficult-to-change-minds
Article: Linguistic Relativity and Thesaurus Arguments . Language (words and definitions in particular) have the potential to influence people’s thoughts, and people won&rsq
Belief networks, selective attention and blind spots, echo chambers, censorship, identities, and genetic differences make it difficult to change people's minds.
Physics Jokeshttp://www.jupiterscientific.org/sciinfo/jokes/physicsjokes.html
the theory of special relativity , when he decided to take a break and go on vacation in Mexico. So he hopped on a plane and headed to Acapulco. Each day, late in the afternoon, s
A collection of the best physics jokes; compiled by Jupiter Scientific
Some Metaphysics of Angular Momentum and Gravityhttps://friesian.com/angular.htm
explanations of General Relativity, might be taken to posit a form of Absolute Space. However, none of this is quite right. Even in Einstein, there is a feature of space that in f
Career Guide for Engineers and Computer Scientistshttp://philip.greenspun.com/careers/
and general relativity go? I have yet to hear of any practical uses for these subjects. But just as man does not live on bread alone, so man does not live on an MBA alone. The att
Quantum Mechanics for Philosophershttps://spot.colorado.edu/~huemer/papers/qm.htm
the Special Theory of Relativity in a very clear way (it is not Lorentz invariant). Bohm’s theory implies that there is a preferred reference frame, although there is no exp
Meaning and the Problem of Universalshttps://friesian.com/universl.htm
bombs are a function of Relativity and other aspects of 20th century physics. "Formal causation" thus requires a formal physical theory, of which there is no such thing. Aristotel
Paul Feyerabend's Against Methodhttps://www.marxists.org/reference/subject/philosophy/works/ge/feyerabe.htm
contain the idea of the relativity of all motion and the law of circular inertia. Initial difficulties caused by the change are defused by ad hoc hypotheses, which thus turn out o
Paul Feyerabend's argument for anything goes in science
INTERSTELLAR PROBES: A NEW APPROACH TO SETIhttp://www.rfreitas.com/Astro/InterstellarProbesJBIS1980.htm
system. From Special Relativity this energy is m c 2 /(1- V 2/ c 2 ) 1/2 , where V is the probe's interstellar cruise velocity relative to the stationary frames of reference of th
Worldviews -- Introductionhttps://projectworldview.org//worldviews.htm
linguistic relativity , is a principle suggesting that the structure of a language influences its speakers' worldview or cognition, and thus people's perceptions are relative to t
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