Tag: philosophy
Physicists have long suspected that quantum mechanics allows two observers to experience different, conflicting realities. Now they’ve performed the first experiment that proves it.
Source: A quantum experiment suggests there’s no such thing as objective reality
“Our instruments are accessible to all, regardless of culture or biology. They’re ideal conduits for shared experience between beings who might otherwise think they have little in common.”
Source: The hardworking Jonathan Keats and his intergalactic omniphonics
Klee collected his observations in his Pedagogical Sketchbook intended as the basis for the course in design theory at the famous Bauhaus art school in Germany. From the simple phenomenon of interweaving lines, his work leads to the comprehension of defined planes-of structure, dimension, equilibrium, and motion. But he employs no abstract formulas. The student remains in the familiar world-a world that acquires new significance through the straight forward approach of Klee’s simple, lucid drawings and his precise captions. Chessboard, bone, muscle, heart, a water wheel, a plant, railroad ties, a tightrope walker-these serve as examples for the forty-three design lessons.
Source:Paul Klee: Pedagogical Sketchbook (1925–) [DE, EN, GR, RU] — Monoskop Log
“The consistency condition which demands that new hypotheses agree with accepted theories is unreasonable because it preserves the older theory, and not the better theory. Hypotheses contradicting well-confirmed theories give us evidence that cannot be obtained in any other way. Proliferation of theories is beneficial for science, while uniformity impairs its critical power. Uniformity also endangers the free development of the individual.”
“There is no idea, however ancient and absurd, that is not capable of improving our knowledge. The whole history of thought is absorbed into science and is used for improving every single theory. Nor is political interference rejected. It may be needed to overcome the chauvinism of science that resists alternatives to the status quo.”
“No theory ever agrees with all the facts in its domain, yet it is not always the theory that is to blame. Facts are constituted by older ideologies, and a clash between facts and theories may be proof of progress. It is also a first step in our attempts to find the principles implicit in familiar observational notions.”
Terence McKenna was a fan.
Source: Paul Feyerabend’s Against Method
There is no such thing as philosophy-free science; there is only science whose philosophical baggage is taken on board without examination.[71]
Darwin’s Dangerous Idea, 1995
