Brief Explanation of Omega-inconsistency

I was thinking. . .
I parenthetically mentioned Godel’s Theorem in my last post, expecting that to make clear how mathematical sciences being an invention of the mind would leave us knowing nothing. I now realize that is way too cursory an examination to make my point. But, since my explanatory power is inversely proportional to [...]

Beitiathustra in Mathemagic Land

I was thinking…
I guess this point was already made in a way in this blog. I just have a different way of going about it, I suppose. My division would rather be one of “mathematizing” the cosmos.
There seem to be two divisions. First, either the universe, and the knowledge thereof, is understood mathematically or it [...]

Science . . . generically

I was thinking. . .
Things are knowable insofar as they have actuality. All things have actuality, and are therefore intrinsically knowable in themselves. But to be knowable in itself is not necessarily to be known by this or that particular knower. Again, there is also knowledge of the thing, and one’s knowledge of one’s knowledge [...]

Not feelin’ it

I was NOT thinking. . .
I spent way too much effort arguing here and here and here today that I have nothing really left to say to the world. All that is left is entreaties:
Study physics.
Read good books.
Argue with old friends.
And, for the love of all that is holy, drink beer that tastes good…

A rare glimpse at the personal life of. . .

I was NOT thinking. About a damn thing.
My lovely e. is in Washington D.C. visiting friends, so here I am, at home in the “great” midwest, with John, Andy and Sara: ages 1 to 4, for the weekend. Oh, and if that were not enough to scare most men, my ears are still fucking ringing [...]

Corollary, not Postulate.

I was thinking…
Although the first postulate was postulated, I think it somehow is not a postulate, but rather a corollary of Beitia’s First Law of Physics. You see, every science thinks they need to start from principles. But the problem in the modern academy is the inability to have structure or hierarchy. We have departments, [...]

Postulate 1 part 2

I was thinking. . .
The relationship between mass and energy given by Einstein has a peculiar effect in quantum physics. Taking two very small particles, accelerating them nearly to the speed of light, and running them into one another oftentimes produces new particles – with more mass than the original. The kinetic energy of the [...]

Postulate 1 part 1

I was thinking. . .
Sadly, it is all about comparative philosophy/physics. But, back to my last post, (specifically, postulate #1) Aristotle uses matter and form as a means of explaining motion. Here again, by motion we mean change (although it seems that the moderns have reduced all change to local motions, for better or for [...]

Misplaced Aggression

I was thinking. . .
All the outpouring of rage and angst I have been subjected to at various points in my life concerning atomic theory, etc. etc., has been based on a grave misunderstanding both of nature and of physics. All of the objections that people have raised in the past are against some sort [...]