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An Argument Against Quantizing Spacetime

Someone witty once said: “It’s hard finding a black cat in a dark room” and then added sarcastically:” …especially when there is no black cat”. This metaphor of a *non-existent black cat in a dark room* is frequently used by atheists to argue against religion (God being the cat), but here I want to argue against the view that space and time need to be quantized…

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The Physics of Consciousness

(It’s relativity, stupid) No one knows what consciousness is and how (or even if) the brain produces it. I’ve written about this before and I have to admit straight up that I am as clueless as anybody.

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The Kochen-Specker “Paradox”

There are many ways of describing the fundamental difference between quantum and classical physics. The main issue is that of the existence of quantum superpositions, namely that an object can exist in many different states at the same time.

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Kindergarten Quantum Physics

They say Albert Einstein had his first scientific epiphany at age 4. His father showed him a compass, and the young Einstein realized that the needle’s motion is affected by an invisible force.

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Liberal Scientific Education: A battle for hearts and minds

Some hundred and fifty years ago a great British biologist, Thomas Henry Huxley, compared life to a game of chess in his essay on “Liberal Education”. He invited us to imagine that our survival and well-being depended on winning or losing at a game of chess.

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Entropic Forces

This mysteriously sounding concept is widely used in biology. The chief reason being that life, in fact, is a struggle against the Second Law of thermodynamics.

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