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Are we living in scientific paradigm of numerical simulations?

Dear all, What is the status of experimental tests compared to numerical simulations?

08 August 2016 1,345 0 View

How to avoid wasting of life time by meaningless scientific conversations?

She: “When will the train come?” He: “When the dog will bark!” She again: “When will the dog bark?” He then: “When the train is coming!” Second try:She: “What time will the train...

08 August 2016 7,016 3 View

Is there a theory stating the physics laws is only a mean to control nature processes with the certain aim?

Dear Sirs, It is known that the physics laws can not be precisely verified. The best test of them is our (billions of people) use of all invented instruments (from a porcelain plate to, say,...

08 August 2016 6,231 19 View

Can we think something beyond relativity.. or the fifth dimension of space.?

I had been thinking that Einstein had given us the Theory of Relativity. Any thing in this world will be between time, space and matter. Is there anything which is beyond relativity. We all knows...

08 August 2016 2,678 32 View

Are the idealistic arguments on the fact that geometry and physics based on imaginary models describe well the nature?

Do we study real surrounding nature or we study ourself? I am talking about physics and geometry. Something we measure in real world, something we see in our mind, the internal world. For example...

08 August 2016 8,965 21 View

Can we think something beyond relativity.. or the fifth dimension of space.?

I had been thinking that Einstein had given us the Theory of Relativity. Any thing in this world will be between time, space and matter. Is there anything which is beyond relativity. We all knows...

05 August 2016 1,170 33 View

How does old wine taste in a new bottle in your opinion?

Old wine in a new bottle is a phrase for expressing an existing concept or institution offered as though it were a new one. In my field of study (evolutionary/nature inspired algorithms) I bumped...

07 July 2016 2,024 11 View

Is econometrics a cherry-picking?

In the end of her historical overview on the theory and policy of international trade Carmen Elena Dorobat (RG member) cites Necker (2014) cherry-picking of findings that conform to a desired...

07 July 2016 8,774 12 View

What is a cipher?

Karl Jaspers use the term cipher for the path to universal transcendence. How does relate to the symbols of a syllogism?

30 June 2016 1,917 4 View

What is a cipher?

Karl Jaspers use the term cipher for the path to universal transcendence. How does relate to the symbols of a syllogism?

06 June 2016 3,078 5 View

When the brain confuses technologically created images with material reality, could social dysfunction result?

Through my interests philosophy and science come together within my art. Descartes, Lacan, Kerr, Domhoff, Garry, Polaschek. The paper is a preliminary exploration, joining the dots. I will welcome...

06 June 2016 6,614 0 View

Is the centre of the universe everywhere and the circumference nowhere?

Cosmologists typically construct model universes on the hypothesis that the three large spatial dimensions that span the universe describe spaces that are homogeneous with constant curvature at...

19 May 2016 624 28 View

Is there anywhere the complete and comprehensive classifier of sciences?

Hello, all scientific society. For some reason our research group needs the complete and comprehensive classifier of all sciences and scientific branches in form of tree or ontology. Does anyone...

05 May 2016 7,025 0 View

Is the centre of the universe everywhere and the circumference nowhere?

Cosmologists typically construct model universes on the hypothesis that the three large spatial dimensions that span the universe describe spaces that are homogeneous with constant curvature at...

05 May 2016 3,480 29 View

What is the standard sense of electromagnetic unification?

We can found the empirical sense of unification of electric (E) and magnetic (B) forces through Ampere’s law. Theoretically E and B forces are two different manifestations of scalar and vector...

05 May 2016 4,895 49 View

Do the rational thoughts of sciences are trying to suppress natural human emotions?

Cultural and critical studies

05 May 2016 4,033 31 View

Is there End in the sight of the so-called Philosophical activities?

In 1980 Richard Rorty famously argued that , Philosophy as a grand enterprise , which could compete with the science to give definite answers about the Nature of Reality as a whole , had...

04 April 2016 9,501 18 View

Is there just one or several Information Sciences. If several, how are they classified?

Dear Researchers on Information Science, After the publication of our article Information as Recorded Knowledge (Correia, Mara Cristina Salles and Tarcisio Zandonade. “Information as Recorded...

04 April 2016 8,089 14 View

Would you have led your life in a different way, if you knew the exact programmed time of your death?

Apoptosis, or (Programed Cell Death) is a well established fact for most organic tissues... Is there Programed cell death in adult brain cells? What would you do or how would you cope if you were...

04 April 2016 5,472 89 View

Can you mention a profound mystery in your field of study that is especially inspiring for you or other scientists?

This is a celebrated Albert Einstein quote: “The fairest thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion which stands at the cradle of true art and true science. He who...

04 April 2016 6,570 66 View

Is it the case that this divide between the normative and descriptive study of science exists to this day, and isn't it time it came to an end?

This is a general question about the relation between philosophy of science and social studies of science. Having worked for a while on the boundary between both fields, my impression is that...

04 April 2016 8,328 6 View

Where did the idea originate that a wealthy elite with leisure time to spare were able to develop intellectual ideas, philosophy and science?

Where did the idea that a wealthy elite with leisure time to spare were able to develop intellectual ideas, philosophy and science? I seem to remember this idea is often associated with the...

04 April 2016 2,996 2 View

The reality of "becoming." Is time's arrow subjective?

In Chapter V, of The Nature of the Physical World, Arthur Eddington, wrote as follows: Linkage of Entropy with Becoming. When you say to yourself, “Every day I grow better and better,” science...

04 April 2016 1,591 94 View

Can empirical theories be applied to themselves?

Hello, I search for literature on self-reference that involves the application of empirical theories to themselves. In particular, I wondered if empirical theories that contain themselves (e.g.:...

03 March 2016 2,958 12 View

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