We review briefly a number of physical experiments that have profound implications for human
freedom,
values, and
communication of ideas. We also suggest some simple psychological experiments that could shed light on the workings of
the Cogito model of the mind and
the Sum model of knowledge creation and communication.
Eight experimental observations, with philosophical significance, that you can make yourself
- Andromeda galaxy - path integral single photons, older than humanity, yet now!
- Brownian motion - see random motions
- Cosmic rays - see source of genetic mutations
- Geiger counter - hear unpredictable events
- Ice crystals - large scale structures
- Soap/water/air bubbles - symmetric order from liquid
- Oil/water membranes - symmetric cell progenitor
- Spectral lines - atoms do not wear out
- Stars and planets are spherical