Today Google is celebrating the 155th birthday of Heinrich Hertz. Never mind that the poor fellow is dead (!). According to the Christian Scientist Monitor, Hertz (no relation to Heinrich Himmler, who did not like Hertz very much) is responsible for revealing the “invisible world.” Devoted (really devoted) readers of this blog will recall that [...]
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Heinrich Hertz and the failures of natural science
Posted in Science, subatomic particles, tagged electromagnetism, greg friedman, heinrich hertz, heinrich himmler, james maxwell, john armstrong on February 22, 2012 | 9 Comments »
Colin Allen and Robert Lurz confirm my trans-brain hypothesis
Posted in animal studies, brain studies, small animals, tagged animal minds, brooklyn college, colin allen, cuny, dogs, indiana university, john loftus, laura sanders, peter godfrey-smith, robert lurz, thomas reid on February 21, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Indiana University cognitive scientist Colin Allen and CUNY consultant Robert Lurz have conducted several studies on how animals perceive the minds of others. In the autobiographical essay, Allen notes what in Animal Studies has been called the “logical problem”: brain reading is logically equivalent to body reading. This is a mystery for “scientists,” who are [...]
Tulane maths professor John Armstrong pwns electromagnetism
Posted in electricity, Math, tagged electricity, electromagnetism, greg friedman, john armstrong, tulane on February 20, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
I have recently commented on the paradox of alleged electricity in water-based babies here. Well, an attack on electricity has come from another – and unlikely! – source. Tulane professor John Armstrong, who is already noted for making scientists own up to their deceptions, has recently pointed out the abject state of science education on [...]
Laura Sanders flagrantly ignores my discoveries
Posted in brain studies, tagged david chalmers, laura sanders on February 19, 2012 | 5 Comments »
Recently, the Orwellian think tank “Science News” has hosted a series of essays on so-called “consciousness” by Laura Sanders, whose Brain Studies credentials consist in nothing more than degrees in earth and library sciences. The series threatens to have three parts, the first two already vomited – here and here. The essence of Sander’s view [...]
2011 in review
Posted in Uncategorized on February 8, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2011 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: The concert hall at the Sydney Opera House holds 2,700 people. This blog was viewed about 18,000 times in 2011. If it were a concert at Sydney Opera House, it would take about 7 sold-out performances for that many [...]
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