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 - you can see random fluctuations, small departures from equailibrium
- Cosmic rays - you can see a source of genetic mutations
- Geiger counter - you can hear unpredictable events
- Ice crystals - large scale information structures
- Masking eye saccades
- Oil/water membranes - symmetric cell progenitor
- Soap/water/air bubbles - symmetric order creation from liquid
- Spectral lines - shows atoms do not wear out, their energies do not run down
- Stars and planets - spherical structural symmetry
- Dark sky - implies universe expansion and/or limited age > creation
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