Author Archives: Charles Scurlock
A Rant for Reality
Toward the resubstantiation of modern physics (April 10, 2013: I have, through a curious set of circumstances, become aware that I am guilty of some unfortunate self plagiarism, in that I have incorporated without prior intention, some language from a … Continue reading
Are there any truly dumb questions in physics?
I trade thoughts and correspond occasionally with other interested amateurs and some highly qualified professionals on an internet forum on theoretical physics. While most of the topics raised there are serious, intelligent and thoughtful questions involving complex interpretations of concepts, … Continue reading
Words and Reality
Words and Reality A Look at Milo Wolff’s “Schrödinger’s Universe” (2008) Four anti-definitions to ponder: 1. Space has no substance hence no reality in and of itself. What is called space is an absence of substance. If it is designated … Continue reading
Events and Observations: How we know what we know
It has long been fascinating to me to see the confusion that arises due to the conflation of two or more “logical types” (Russell) or “orders of abstraction” (Korzybski), particularly in the theories and literature of modern physics (and cosmology). … Continue reading
Independence Day CERN-tainty?
Independence Day 2012 Of course we all understand that the scientists at CERN have not been flinging tiny billiard balls of stuff at each other in their ten-billion dollar merry-go-round, but have, in fact, been flinging tinier and tinier coherent … Continue reading
Dark What?
In early 2007, the journal Nature published the results of a study by a team of astronomers led by Richard Massey of Caltech, detailing their efforts at mapping the extent and nature of “dark matter”, that mysterious and as yet … Continue reading
A fresh look at a famous thought-experiment
In 1920, Albert Einstein published the now well-known book titled, “Relativity: The Special and the General Theory”. In Section IX of that document, The Relativity of Simultaneity, he relates the famous thought experiment that compares observations from two differing inertial frames. … Continue reading
Space, Time – and Reality
The two entities we call space and time, immortalized so famously by Albert Einstein in his equations are, simply, not real. They fail a simple reality test. To be recognized as real an object or event must be observed, perceived, … Continue reading
The “No Passing” Zone
The question, “WHAT LIMITS LIGHT SPEED TO 300,000,000 m/s — NOT MORE OR LESS?“, posted on an internet discussion site, has led to, at last count, over 400 comments from a wide variety of responders. Many of these claim Ph.D … Continue reading
Serious Conversations
I have found myself recently in two groups of thinkers and writers on LinkedIn and one on Facebook with interests and knowledge of theoretical physics and cosmology. I came to those discussions with curiosity and have stayed in them with … Continue reading
