Of course not! I don't believe that. I was, like thousands of others, watching the press conference with excitement and amazement at the announcement of the most important scientific discovery of the last 100 years, and maybe of all of time. I never doubted any of the results and claims for a second. But after [...]
Author: G. Belanger
High energy astrophysicist, health writer and coach
Reflections on what it is to be a scientist
What is it to be a scientist? What do scientists mean and understand by the word "scientist"? What do non-scientists mean and understand by that same word "scientist"? Are non-scientists really not scientists? And are scientists really scientists? You get up in the morning, go pee, wash your hands and face with cold water, brush your teeth, [...]
Remarks on the relation of scientific theories to physical reality
A few days ago at the dinner table, my son mentioned that one of their Theory of Knowledge teachers had explained to them on that day that gravity was not a force, but instead that it was an epiphenomenon in the sense that it arose as a consequence of the presence of mass and energy in [...]