Tag: Arthur Eddington
Richard Dawkins and the Law of Unintended Consequences
The New Atheists’ failure to understand the nuanced way that “ordinary people” think was a profound strategic error.
How the Supernatural Entered Science
I recently came across a nice little video which seems to prove that π = 0. Each step seems reasonable.
Efforts to Resist the Big Bang and Its Implications for Cosmic Design
Unsurprisingly, many academics have attempted to overturn the conclusion of a beginning through the most creative of means.
The Tip of a Larger Iceberg
Our profound ignorance of what Lucretius termed the nature of things has been revealed by the work of Planck, Einstein, Bohr, and Heisenberg.
My Failed Computer Simulation
I said, “You mean there is a fifth force — why didn’t you say so? Just give me the equations for this force and I will add it to my model.”