In all fields of science, we use models to represent reality. They are sketches of the properties of, and relations within, a certain system. And if it is a good model, it also contains relations with other systems. Yet even if this has been taken care of, those relations with other systems may be based […]
Water and the universe
To heat up 1 kg of water with 1 degree, you need 4181.3 Joule of energy. This is called the water specific heat capacity. But at the same time, Boltzmann discovered, that the hotter you want to make some material, you need relatively just a tiny, tiny bit of energy more for every degree hotter. […]
The oldest religion
The world beyond observable reality, and it’s ultimate source, is abstract; it is that which sustains all. It cannot be conceptualized, but as we are humans, we cannot keep ourselves from doing so. We want pictures, a story, words to communicate with others. Yet as soon as we do so, these stories divide us and […]
The Messiah in the Qu’ran
In my previous article – The beginning and end of political religion – I reasoned with common sense, how the concept of 7 different saviours, for each religion one, is quite unthinkable. Yet it might be interesting to look at the concept of one Messiah for all, from the viewpoint of the youngest authentic scripture […]
The beginning and end of political religion
Going back through history, there must be an ultimate source of all the religious scriptures. Whatever and whereever this source is, and how old it is, is a matter of belief. But what happened to it during the centuries, this should be a matter of critical analysis. And this analysis leads us to the conclusion, […]
An unrealistic approach to study the mind
Neuroscientists study the brain in order to achieve more knowledge about the mind; but how realistic is such an approach? Isn’t it like opening a computer, to directly measure activity on the hard disk with the purpose to find the relation with what the user types? It completely bypasses the programming; as well as the […]
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