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WHEREAS, 1. "Physics Essays", the journal in which these papers are published, has the reputation of being ... on the fringe, let's say; 2. Every single time
by gjm11 15y ago
WHEREAS,
1. "Physics Essays", the journal in which these papers are published, has the reputation of being ... on the fringe, let's say;
2. Every single time I have seen a PhysOrg article linked from HN, it has turned out to be at best borderline crackpottery;
3. There is not enough information in the actual article to tell whether this alleged research makes any sense and/or explains anything correctly, but it's full of handwavy stuff that looks very unpromising, and there's no sign of any actual, y'know, physics;
4. The actual publications do not appear to be available for us to read without paying at least $15 to "Physics Essays";
5. On searching for one author (Amrit Sorli) I found, e.g., http://gsjournal.net/eeuro/sorli4.pdf http://gsjournal.net/eeuro/sorli4.pdf which contains gems like this (in which "QS" stands for "quanta of space"): "One could suppose that consciousness is the basic frequency of QS that build up a-temporal cosmic space. This basic frequency of QS by acting on the neurons of the human brain creates the phenomena of 'human consciousness'. The more the vibrations of the neurons are in tune with the basic frequency of QS, the more person will be conscious. The intensity of the human consciousness depends on the synchronicity with the basic frequency of QS of cosmic space.";
6. The institution with which the authors are affiliated doesn't seem to be one that does any actual science to speak of;
NOW, THEREFORE, I proclaim that this is almost certainly rubbish that isn't worth attending to.
- colanderman 15y agoIt was the physicists' attempt to explain the mathematical paradox of Achilles and the tortoise using physics (and an unproven physics no less) that tipped me off.