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Unfortunately this website (and the cheat sheet here) seems to be motivated and evidenced at least in part by the speculative theories of the author so it is di
by mellosouls 3y ago
Unfortunately this website (and the cheat sheet here) seems to be motivated and evidenced at least in part by the speculative theories of the author so it is difficult for the layperson to determine what here is of value.
For example, the derivation of General Relativity (quite a significant part of physics!) apparently follows from the author's own "Maximum Force" theory in Item (3).
ps. previously discussed:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30733666 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30733666
- raverbashing 3y agoYeah I'm not so convinced that Maximum Force implies GR (and by extension gravity - even if Newtonian), seems to be a very wishy-washy assertion
- javajosh 3y agoYes, and one should be very wary of someone who speaks in absolutes. That said, there IS a valid point to be made to highlight the inordinate success of modern physical theories. It's annoying when the only physics news is sensationalist psuedo-science "heresy" from those who don't even know what they're rebelling against. Sean Carrol does a great job of making this argument in an hour-long video "Quantum Field Theory and the Limits of Knowledge - Sean Carroll - 12/7/22": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=REITVohWOO0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=REITVohWOO0 He makes a much more precise, and I think powerful, argument that we actually know quite a lot.