Seeing time

One of the most difficult question one can ask a physicists or anyone for that matter is what is time because it does not have a physical presence. This may be the reasons some define it only in the abstract saying that is an invention of the human consciousness that gives us a sense of … Read more

Scientific irrationality: is it really necessary?

Have you ever wondered why so many seeming rational scientists make irrational assumptions to explain why our universe behaves the way it does and why Einstein was unable see, as Robert Oerter pointed out in his book “The Theory of Almost Everything: the magic of Relativistic Quantum Electrodynamics or QED. He tells us the reason … Read more

Why does space exist?

The Standard Model of Particle Physics and Quantum Mechanics give us a plausible reason why particles are what they are while Einstein theories give a reasonable answer to the question regarding why they come together to form planets stars and how they move in relation to each other. For example both Einstein’s General Theory of … Read more

The reality of our “mathematical worlds”

Is there such a thing as a mathematical world? All forms of mathematics are abstract by definition. However scientists feel that it can be used to extract, by quantification the underlying essence of a physical environment and thereby eliminate any dependence on real world objects with which it might originally have been connected. Many of … Read more

Plato’s lesson on quantum mechanics.

Many think the quantum mechanical world of probabilities define our reality.  However, the Greek philosopher, Plato around 375 BC would disagree. In Plato’s allegory “The cave” he describes how people who have been chained to a cave wall view the world outside of it.  “The people watch shadows projected on the wall by things passing … Read more