New findings suggest laws of nature 'downright weird,' not as constant as previously thought
Lachlan Gilbert
Quote:Not only does a universal constant seem annoyingly inconstant at the outer fringes of the cosmos, it occurs in only one direction, which is downright weird.
Those looking forward to a day when science's Grand Unifying Theory of Everything could be worn on a t-shirt may have to wait a little longer as astrophysicists continue to find hints that one of the cosmological constants is not so constant after all.
In a paper published in Science Advances, scientists from UNSW Sydney reported that four new measurements of light emitted from a quasar 13 billion light years away reaffirm past studies that found tiny variations in the fine structure constant.
'Historically, we may regard materialism as a system of dogma set up to combat orthodox dogma...Accordingly we find that, as ancient orthodoxies disintegrate, materialism more and more gives way to scepticism.'
- Bertrand Russell
The Habits of Nature: Do natural laws evolve over time?
Do natural laws evolve over time? Biologist Rupert Sheldrake questions science's fundamentals.
"An excellent scientist; the proper, imaginative kind that in an earlier age discovered continents" New Scientist
'Historically, we may regard materialism as a system of dogma set up to combat orthodox dogma...Accordingly we find that, as ancient orthodoxies disintegrate, materialism more and more gives way to scepticism.'
- Bertrand Russell
Unnatural Laws - Are Eternal Laws an Illusion?
http://www.sheldrake.org/videos/unnatura...n-illusion
"From Newton's laws to E=mc2, we think we have uncovered the secrets of the universe. But some claim these laws evolve and others point to their human and cultural origins. Might eternal natural laws be human hubris? Or is the mind of God in our grasp?
A dialogue at the 2015 "How The Light Gets In" Festival, at Hay-on-Wye, with Nancy Cartwright and John Ellis, chaired by Alok Jha. From iai, The Institute of Art and IdeasPhilosophy for our times: cutting edge debates and talks from the world's leading thinkers."
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Cosmological Natural Selection and the Principle of Precedence
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"Physics is about discovering what the laws of nature are. And we’ve gone some distance towards that. But once you know what the laws of nature are, another question unfolds itself, which is why is it those the laws and not other laws?"[/i]
'Historically, we may regard materialism as a system of dogma set up to combat orthodox dogma...Accordingly we find that, as ancient orthodoxies disintegrate, materialism more and more gives way to scepticism.'
- Bertrand Russell
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