Oscar Chavoya-Aceves

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How do we know that a statement that refers to the entire universe is true?

"A judgement affirms a state of affairs. If this state of affairs obtains, then the judgement is true, otherwise, it is untrue." (H. Weyl) What kind of statements can be made about the entire...

19 December 2013 1,943 34 View

What is the impact of poor ventilation on learning?

There is a trend in the United States to reduce the expenses in education. Suddenly we find 30 students in a classroom that was (hopefully) designed for twenty or so, with no actualization of the...

27 November 2013 8,035 4 View

Is there proof for this conjecture?

There is one and only one pair of natural numbers m and n (15 and 21) such that: m and n are triangular numbers; the sum of their squares is a triangular number (666); and the sum of the...

24 November 2013 316 3 View

" I think I can safely say that nobody understands quantum mechanics." (R. Feynman) If that statement is true, how can we know if QM is true?

Whatever our definition of truth could be (Like: "A statement is true if its content corresponds to reality." which, I believe, was Einstein's concept of truth.) before we determine if a statement...

02 September 2013 9,305 72 View