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Having undertaken research, both qualitative and quantitative and recalling an old quote "Research is the rigorous search for knowledge". Is that really or still the case? This is where I thought...
01 January 2014 8,555 11 View
Polish researcher, Piotr Wołkowski discussed the book by Lee Smolin published in 1999. Five physics problems of that time were listed, including quantum gravitation. As usually happens with...
01 January 2014 6,019 11 View
A hallmark of those promoting a career in research is to dramatize shortfalls in scientific labor. Promoters of this motif have come from as high up as Bill Gates, Chairman of Microsoft: "United...
01 January 2014 1,128 23 View
I'm teaching a 4th year Conservation Biology class and I'm trying to increase the students' capacity to read and digest the primary literature. I'm trying to come up with some directions on how...
01 January 2014 6,564 25 View
If 1000 people would observe the same phenomenon 'C' and be asked to formulate a hypothesis 'C' to explain phenomenon 'C', what fraction of the observers would formulate hypothesis 'C' in exactly...
01 January 2014 4,745 30 View
All systems at macro level that are observed to have orders are chaotic at quantum levels.
01 January 2014 4,263 5 View
How a research domain is theoretically defined or framed might influence how it is practically perceived by citizens or experts from other research domains. This can be illustrated with the...
01 January 2014 5,372 41 View
Knowledge is evolving fast, which also implies that contents of older publications are not supported by recent publications. Why do people continue citing older publications not supported by...
01 January 2014 4,474 43 View
Has scientific temper been a thing of the past? Or, is it still in existence?
01 January 2014 9,306 35 View
Naveen posted this very interesting question about intense competition, asking whether it´s good or bad for...
01 January 2014 1,731 10 View
The question is not about their beliefs, but about their actions and behavior.
12 December 2013 5,875 89 View
If philosophy provides logical and rational explanations, how is it different from the subject of science?
12 December 2013 1,773 61 View
“Philosophy of science is about as useful to scientists as ornithology is to birds”, said Richard Feynman. Some philosophers interpret that Feynman was also philosopher who simply rejected the...
12 December 2013 3,899 27 View
Is it reasonable to use these terms? A number of papers have been published a long time ago, but still have many citations. If it is possible, then is it predictable? Is citation can be a suitable...
12 December 2013 7,108 39 View
Take for example the deeper meaning of differentiation: the local existence of a linear mapping that locally linearizes the nonlinear function. This is apparent in functions of one or many...
11 November 2013 1,607 42 View
We do know that over the last century the 'mathematization' of physics has taken on completely different proportions and has been accompanied by the loss of the 'physical' intelligibility. To...
11 November 2013 1,586 40 View
Assuming that the Big Bang theory reflects the actual chronology of "The Birth of the Universe", imposes the question of whether The Big Bang makes sense without existence of The Initial...
13 October 2013 9,356 85 View
Does nature keep records of its systems, as record keeping is considered a vital part of sustainable work of system-management? If yes, then what are the different kinds of mechanisms that...
12 October 2013 9,484 61 View
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10 October 2013 4,789 61 View
Galileo has deduced the law of gravity (1/2 g t^2) by observing balls rolling on an inclined plane. However, without the occam razor, there is no reason to infirm the following law: until today...
10 October 2013 8,660 37 View
I am interested whether this is a sudden phenomenon that is a result of sudden and unexpected illumination or rather it is a collective addition of small facts that like a balloon burst and reach...
10 October 2013 9,513 31 View
How can we answer the following questions: What is the quality of software? What is quality of systems in general? What is the basic unit of quality? May quality be formally modeled in...
10 October 2013 2,092 9 View
There are four Idols – errors of thinking and judgement – according to Francis Bacon’s Novum Organum (1620) which beset human minds. These are Idols of the Tribe – false assertions that the sense...
10 October 2013 9,339 14 View