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The theoretical physicist Lee Smolin's argument that there is no scientific method attracted a lot of attention yesterday, including the following reaction from reader, social psychologist and blogger Dave Nussbaum: This view certainly resonates with me this week, as the field of psychology ...
Editor's note: This is an overview by Robert F. Schuyler of his book TIME, available from Rosedog Press. I believe that this presentation is not just theory; it is fact. We live in a world, a galaxy, and a universe of six dimensions. The physics used today do not reflect the last two ...
Enter the fray for a chance to get published! Send us your Ideas Gone Wild on next week's topic: URBAN LIVING – Click Here for details Editor's Note: Last week's Ideas Gone Wild post on The New Nude Olympics went viral in China. Author Zhenming Zhai wrote us: Tell you something ...
Editors' Note: So the first week of Ideas Gone Wild is over! We got tons of great submissions on the theme of the Olympics. So good, in fact, that we're publishing two of them! We also got lots of submissions on the nature of time, alternative voting methods, and space flight. For now, for ...
Editors' Note: So the first week of Ideas Gone Wild has passed! We got tons of great submissions on the theme of the Olympics. So good, in fact, that we're publishing two of them! We also got lots of submissions on the nature of time, alternative voting methods, and space flight. For now, for ...