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Date: February 18th, 2008

Nanofear

18 February, 2008 (09:09) | Antiscience, Physics, Politics, Religion | 4 comments

Nanotechnology isn’t morally acceptable to a lot of people.
My immediate reaction, after playing “what the?” is that this is a reaction from ignorance. I mentioned before that many people get visions of nanobots taking over the world dancing in their heads when you mention the word “nanotechnology” so I suspect this is [...]

Gazing Into the Relative Past

18 February, 2008 (08:48) | Links, Physics | No comments

Came across a great post entitled “The Pre-history of Einstein’s Relativity” over at Skulls in the Stars.
It starts with Galileo and the notions he had to overturn, and progresses through Newton and through to about 1900 1880.
Regarding Newton and relativity,
The first excerpt observes that understandings of space, time and motion that arise [...]

Let Us Hope It Does Not Become Widely Known

18 February, 2008 (08:02) | Physics, Silly | 2 comments

So tachyons enter the conversation at SFN once again, and I was looking over the wikipedia article
And it says, in part, “the same formulae that apply to regular slower-than-light particles (”bradyons”) also apply to tachyons”
Bradyons? That’s a new one on me.
Obviously there are two types, or genders. They show bunching behavior. [...]

 

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