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I recently published my book "The Origin of Science" which can be downloaded at https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Louis_Liebenberg/publications/ I am interested in alternative theories on the...
21 February 2014 9,894 20 View
Critical realism proceeds from the premise that in order to be a coherent form of enquiry the natural sciences presuppose that there is a material reality which is the object of enquiry....
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How often do teams start to work with biological model systems without knowing the fundamental biology of species concerned or without directly consulting experienced people? To understand the...
02 February 2014 8,729 5 View
If we compare the situation, say in Physics, which was 100 years ago and at present --- there is no doubts, we lost the rate of development of this science. What is the reason? Why somebody from...
02 February 2014 4,011 45 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...
30 January 2014 5,733 40 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...
29 January 2014 1,672 42 View
Has scientific temper been a thing of the past? Or, is it still in existence?
25 January 2014 1,313 34 View
All systems at macro level that are observed to have orders are chaotic at quantum levels.
21 January 2014 7,486 4 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...
19 January 2014 2,294 29 View
The late Doreen Kimura, a renowned Canadian neuropsychologist, declared that "...you [the individual] just have to go ahead and find things out for yourself. This is the mark of a good...
17 January 2014 3,713 13 View
Philosophers or scientists aim to define unifying theories to explain as much as possible numerous phenomena based on a few principles. Philosophers might for instance state that two phenomena...
15 January 2014 2,113 86 View
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...
13 January 2014 1,257 10 View
Recently, Prof. Max Tegmark has posted a paper on the arXiv.org website "Consciousness as a State of Matter" (see arXiv:1401.1219v1), which purports to explain consciousness as arising out of...
12 January 2014 9,797 100 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...
05 January 2014 472 24 View
It is said that seeing is believing. Physics says many things which can not actually be seen. In fact, about the first moon landing mission, there were serious doubts expressed. What really should...
01 January 2014 4,603 30 View
Why do some people avoid to be involved with open-access discussions? Is there a link with individual personality profiles (e.g. people might be afraid to be judged in public)? Is open-access...
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A film lasting about four minutes on YouTube shows examples of wildlife behaviour, like plant animal interactions during pollination. The film can practically be subdivided into a large number of...
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There exists no fundamental difference in the practice of science and religion when both accept existence of empirically unverifiable theory or accept existence of phenomena claimed to be...
01 January 2014 9,469 1 View
Many research disciplines like Ecology, Ethology or Psychology are considered soft sciences scientifically not truly 'exact' because of perceived complexity of phenomena investigated. But how...
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What people believe is sometimes far from reality; but this is the reality in our lives. We all know that beliefs may not necessarily be logical. Still, we continue to believe in many things...
01 January 2014 5,538 50 View
Specific areas in science might have been put to good or bad use. Good aspects enhance quality of human life and bad can destroy it. How can we guarantee that our efforts in science are put to...
01 January 2014 5,251 9 View