Freedom of Science

Here’s a paper on the great subject of Multi-Particle States in Deformed1 Special Relativity published by Bee of Backreaction. We read in her blog that the entire paper has been composed in her Ivory Tower.
First notice that there is as yet no agreement on the name of the physics scenario being investigated.2 We may as well […]

I reduced the categories I have on the blog to these 7 categories:
1. standard
2. faith
3. marketing
4. organism
5. matter
6. rationality
7. uncategorized
This is a very nice list:
standard
Constant (a value which is kept constant. There are no absolute constants.1 Either defined as placeholder or defined as unit.)
faith
Marketing name of the standard. The constant is the soul of organisms. Faith […]

General Relativity is Popfly for physics.
Let’s explain.
“General Relativity” is a label. Nature does not recognize labels. In database language “General Relativity” is a string. You cannot do calculations with a string. For instance, General Relativity * 2 is a meaningless statement.1
What is the thing labeled General Relativity?
General Relativity is a label for Einstein Field Equations.
What are […]

Angryphysicist wrote that in Einstein field equations
… the notation is irrelevant to the actual calculations, you could use various smiley faces if you wish.
Internet is amazing. I found that a physicist has already been studying Einstein’s field equations in smiley formalism:
:):-J_:>_;) - 1/2:):-J_:>_;) = _:>_;) = :-#:-(_:>_;)
In this equation all smileys have their […]

Any time the cost of knowledge falls a knowledge monopoly falls with it.

From 
To
Monopoly

Clay tablets
Scrolls
Scribes

Scrolls
Books 
Scribes

Books
Typeset Books 
Scribes

Typeset Books
Desktop 
Scribes

Desktop
Internet 
????

Can you tell which monopoly will be toppled by the online revolution? I bet it will be scribes again.
Internet made the production and distribution of knowledge dirt cheap. Already we have witnessed the fall of various parasitic professional classes who […]

I am really impressed by the openness and independence and mental energy of angryphysicist. I wish he/she would continue to write this blog and continue to evaluate physics as a free thinking insider. This post is my comment on Angryphysicist’s claim that
… classical general relativity is a beast of a mathematical calculation.

This may have been […]

Mike Burtner wrote:
… Not just numbers. There is also an incredibly rich and imaginative family of squiggly lines to inter-relate those numbers.

In other words, mathematics is the Latin of physicists. The quote above summarizes this idea so well! The key of understanding this situation is that indeed there are two distinct elements here: numbers and squiggles.
Numbers […]

In physics an observer is a free parameter. “Free” in the sense that the doctor of the paper is free to order the observer to observe whatever it is needed to save the doctrine of the doctor. Here in this paper about the fantastical new scenario called Doubly Special Relativity the Doctor gauges the observer […]

I just noticed that the visitor count shows over 1,000 visitors. That’s really exciting! Thanks to all the people who found themselves here after googling what they were searching for. I hope at least some of them enjoyed their time here.
Freedom of Science is right at the forefront of the revolution. All of us are […]

Bee refuted my statement that “time is what clocks measure” is the “official view” of time in physics:
“Your idea of ‘official view’ in physics is bullshit.”
After this authoritative refutation I started to wonder. Is there an official view of time in physics?
But I think she is objecting to the idea of “official view” in general. […]