Re:Daniel Kahneman “I placed too much faith in underpowered ...
by lisper on Wednesday September 13, 2017 @10:11AM
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Very unlikely. We are where we are today because along the way there were a LOT of alternative theories considered and discarded, either because they did not agree with experiment, or because they lacked explanatory power. Science is actually very open to new ideas. We even know for certain that the current foundations WILL change (because dark matter, etc.) It's just that making progress is really hard because our current theories already account for ALL of the phenomena that are easily accessible here on earth.
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Re:Daniel Kahneman “I placed too much faith in underpowered ...
by ebcode on Sunday September 17, 2017 @05:29PM
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>> because our current theories already account for ALL of the phenomena that are easily accessible here on earth.
I'm not so sure of this. Have you heard of Edward Leedskalnin, or his "Perpetual Motion Holder"? The textbooks that I have discussing magnetism do not explain this effect, which you can see an example of here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWSAcMoxITw
If you can explain this effect with our "current theories", I would love to hear it!
Re:Daniel Kahneman “I placed too much faith in underpowered ...
by lisper on Sunday September 17, 2017 @05:50PM
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That's a neat trick, but I see no reason to believe that it's anything other than straightforward electro-magnetism.
Re:Daniel Kahneman “I placed too much faith in underpowered ...
by ebcode on Sunday September 17, 2017 @08:08PM
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It is a neat trick! Somehow those pieces of metal are storing a magnetic field like a permanent magnet, but release their "charge" when the field is broken.
There's another interesting effect where an electric charge can be pulled from that set-up. Lasersaber demonstrates that here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_ssUTRbRRs
I certainly can't explain it, and I don't think we have an adequate theory that does explain it (yet).