Admin1: The worst disease afflicting humankind is hardening of the categories.
Doctor Gravytee: Removing the hardened categories inevitably leads to new discoveries.
A1: Academia is the bad cholesterol of science because most hardened categories occur in the academia leading to death of science.
Dr. G: Nature is divided into neat sections which can be taught in 4 years. This proves the anthropocentric principle. If nature were not naturally divided into academic sections humans would never be able to study nature.
A1: I personally believe in the unity of things.
Dr. G: Belief in unity of things leads in no new academic papers therefore it is wrong.
A1: Academic categories are immutable.
Dr. G: If they weren't there would be no human knowledge.
Showing posts with label Scholasticism. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Scholasticism. Show all posts
Saturday, April 14, 2007
Saturday, January 13, 2007
Experimental alphysics
Admin1: How many worthless academic experiments which cannot be considered scientific experiments do I need to show to alphysicists in order to convince alphysicists that alphysics is not an experimental science?
Dr. Gravytee: This is philosophy. We don't deal in philosophy.
Dr. Gravytee: This is philosophy. We don't deal in philosophy.
Friday, January 12, 2007
Teachers of doctrines
Admin1: Is science the religion of Doctors of Philosophy?
Dr. Gravytee: A Doctor is defined as someone whose profession is to teach a doctrine.
A1: There is no doctor without doctrine.
Dr. G: There is no doctor without doctrine and there is no scholasticism without doctors.
A1: Where there is doctors there is scholasticism.
Dr. G: Where there is scholasticism there are rituals.
A1: Doctors sell their rituals as the doctrine.
Dr. G: Theological Doctors call their rituals religion Philosophical Doctors call their rituals science.
A1: Science must be something else.
Dr. G: Doctors have the authority to define what science is. We defined it as our ritual.
Dr. Gravytee: A Doctor is defined as someone whose profession is to teach a doctrine.
A1: There is no doctor without doctrine.
Dr. G: There is no doctor without doctrine and there is no scholasticism without doctors.
A1: Where there is doctors there is scholasticism.
Dr. G: Where there is scholasticism there are rituals.
A1: Doctors sell their rituals as the doctrine.
Dr. G: Theological Doctors call their rituals religion Philosophical Doctors call their rituals science.
A1: Science must be something else.
Dr. G: Doctors have the authority to define what science is. We defined it as our ritual.
Thursday, January 11, 2007
The twin paradox
Admin1: What is the twin paradox?
Dr. Gravytee: Twin paradox is a slapstick comedy where both twins claim to be the true scientist.
A1: Everybody claims to be a scientist. Even Alphysicists claim with straight face that they are scientists. How do we know who is the scientist and who is the evil scholastic twin impersonating science?
Dr. G: You can't. No one knows.
Dr. Gravytee: Twin paradox is a slapstick comedy where both twins claim to be the true scientist.
A1: Everybody claims to be a scientist. Even Alphysicists claim with straight face that they are scientists. How do we know who is the scientist and who is the evil scholastic twin impersonating science?
Dr. G: You can't. No one knows.
Wednesday, January 10, 2007
Academic Vaporware
Admin1: An Alphysics paper is vaporware.
Dr. Gravytee: If you eliminate all of the scholastic symbolism invented by Alphysics Doctors an alphysics paper would evaporate.
A1: That's why there are no Alphysics papers which cannot be simplified further.
Dr. G: An alphysics paper is like the heap of mud Marie Curie used as the raw material to distill. If you distill an alphysics paper you may end up with something.
A1: Or you may not.
Dr. G: Or you may not. So no alphysicist busies himself with such an academically counterproductive activity. It's better to write your own heap of scholastic symbolism.
Dr. Gravytee: If you eliminate all of the scholastic symbolism invented by Alphysics Doctors an alphysics paper would evaporate.
A1: That's why there are no Alphysics papers which cannot be simplified further.
Dr. G: An alphysics paper is like the heap of mud Marie Curie used as the raw material to distill. If you distill an alphysics paper you may end up with something.
A1: Or you may not.
Dr. G: Or you may not. So no alphysicist busies himself with such an academically counterproductive activity. It's better to write your own heap of scholastic symbolism.
Tuesday, January 09, 2007
Knowledge and Sharing
Admin1: Knowledge multiplies by sharing.
Dr. Gravytee: Sharing happens when what is shared is legible to both parties.
A1: What is the purpose of publishing a paper if not sharing?
Dr. G: Publishing an academic alphysics paper is not sharing. Alphysicists publish first and foremost to earn academic points and then to hide any information they may know. Alphysicists hide information in order to monetize it. The currency of scholasticism is authority.
A1: The currency of scholasticism is not knowledge!
Dr. G: What is monetized by alphysicists is authority not knowledge. That's why sharing is anathema to physicists. Note that an alphysicist will freely share with you what is already in public domain. But then you can google that.
A1: What is the purpose of Alphysics?
Dr. G: Shooting a paper at an innocent bystander is academic sniperism not sharing. No one gains from academic sniperism except the academic who gains a few academic points.
Dr. Gravytee: Sharing happens when what is shared is legible to both parties.
A1: What is the purpose of publishing a paper if not sharing?
Dr. G: Publishing an academic alphysics paper is not sharing. Alphysicists publish first and foremost to earn academic points and then to hide any information they may know. Alphysicists hide information in order to monetize it. The currency of scholasticism is authority.
A1: The currency of scholasticism is not knowledge!
Dr. G: What is monetized by alphysicists is authority not knowledge. That's why sharing is anathema to physicists. Note that an alphysicist will freely share with you what is already in public domain. But then you can google that.
A1: What is the purpose of Alphysics?
Dr. G: Shooting a paper at an innocent bystander is academic sniperism not sharing. No one gains from academic sniperism except the academic who gains a few academic points.
Sunday, December 31, 2006
Ultimate Academic Achievement
Admin1: What would you say is the dream of every Alphysics Doctor to achieve in his career?
Dr. Gravytee: To make a definition and have it named after yourself.
A1: That doesn't seem like a big deal.
Dr. G: I didn't want to raise anyone's hopes. The ultimate dream of any Alphysics Doctor is to start a school named after himself.
A1: I see. If your name is not Newton don't even try.
Dr. G: The second ultimate dream is to have a unit named after yourself.
A1: Not likely either.
Dr. G: There is a current war among Doctors of Alphysics to create a unit of surface. But there is no clear winner yet. As usual in such turf wars Doctors will perpetuate the war as long as they can and squeeze every ounce of publication possibilities. This way the process of negotiations itself becomes a legal scholastic discipline. The whole thing may last about a century.
Dr. Gravytee: To make a definition and have it named after yourself.
A1: That doesn't seem like a big deal.
Dr. G: I didn't want to raise anyone's hopes. The ultimate dream of any Alphysics Doctor is to start a school named after himself.
A1: I see. If your name is not Newton don't even try.
Dr. G: The second ultimate dream is to have a unit named after yourself.
A1: Not likely either.
Dr. G: There is a current war among Doctors of Alphysics to create a unit of surface. But there is no clear winner yet. As usual in such turf wars Doctors will perpetuate the war as long as they can and squeeze every ounce of publication possibilities. This way the process of negotiations itself becomes a legal scholastic discipline. The whole thing may last about a century.
Sunday, December 24, 2006
Newton's Wig
Admin1: An authority symbol always becomes fodder for jokes for the next generation.
Dr. Gravytee: The word Newton has been a synonym for genius and science since eternity.
A1: Why was he wearing a wig?
Dr. G: That was cool at the time.
A1: You are saying that if the brand is set up professionally and maintained well and updated carefully the symbols of authority will never become jokes.
Dr. G: Newton is backed up by the most sophisticated marketing department in the world.
A1: Newton's contemporaries from Holland used elaborate lace collars as authority symbols.
Dr. G: More likely as status symbols. But your status brought authority as well.
A1: Will this symbol of authority ever become fodder for jokes?
Dr. G: It looks remarkably like fine lace worn by the Dutch. Authority symbols work both ways. They also imprison its owner. When you have a Lagrangian around your neck that's more like a garrote than a decoration.
A1: According to the author of that link Lagrangian is on its way out.
Dr. G: There is a confusion there. Alphysics is divided in its use of lace. Doctor Carroll who dismisses Lagragian practices at CalTech where Lagrangian is fashionable. At University of Chicago only Hamiltonian is used. These formalisms come and go.
A1: To me a Lagrangian looks as old fashioned and funny as lace collar. I wonder why it is still around.
Dr. G: Today we have computer programs which do what Lagrangian was invented to do in the 18th century. The scholastic alphysics bureaucracy is an immense bureaucracy. Once the Lagrangian entered the books it could never be removed.
A1: So if alphysics Doctors were in charge of developing writing instruments for humanity we would still be writing with quill pens not typing on a keyboard.
Dr. G: You got the idea.
Dr. Gravytee: The word Newton has been a synonym for genius and science since eternity.
A1: Why was he wearing a wig?
Dr. G: That was cool at the time.
A1: You are saying that if the brand is set up professionally and maintained well and updated carefully the symbols of authority will never become jokes.
Dr. G: Newton is backed up by the most sophisticated marketing department in the world.
A1: Newton's contemporaries from Holland used elaborate lace collars as authority symbols.
Dr. G: More likely as status symbols. But your status brought authority as well.
A1: Will this symbol of authority ever become fodder for jokes?
Dr. G: It looks remarkably like fine lace worn by the Dutch. Authority symbols work both ways. They also imprison its owner. When you have a Lagrangian around your neck that's more like a garrote than a decoration.
A1: According to the author of that link Lagrangian is on its way out.
Dr. G: There is a confusion there. Alphysics is divided in its use of lace. Doctor Carroll who dismisses Lagragian practices at CalTech where Lagrangian is fashionable. At University of Chicago only Hamiltonian is used. These formalisms come and go.
A1: To me a Lagrangian looks as old fashioned and funny as lace collar. I wonder why it is still around.
Dr. G: Today we have computer programs which do what Lagrangian was invented to do in the 18th century. The scholastic alphysics bureaucracy is an immense bureaucracy. Once the Lagrangian entered the books it could never be removed.
A1: So if alphysics Doctors were in charge of developing writing instruments for humanity we would still be writing with quill pens not typing on a keyboard.
Dr. G: You got the idea.
Friday, December 22, 2006
Science, Progress and Garages
Admin1: Yippee! Congratulations! You had your first comment!
Dr. Gravytee: Nothing to be excited about. I get thousands of comments every day. I just thought this one was the first one worth approving.
A1: I see. I agree with everything your anonymous commenter said.
Dr. G: I don't.
A1: Obviously science is not a unit that is measured.
Dr. G: We can measure progress if we define a unit for it. I defined the unit to measure progress as the building of a mechanical clock. The commenter gave that as an example of one of the greatest achievements of Europeans.
A1: What about thousands of years humans spent to discover the alphabet.
Dr. G: Alphabet is an agreed upon set of symbols. What humans needed to discover was that only when parties agree upon a standard that communication becomes possible. Today our real alphabet is the QWERTY keyboard which has many more symbols than the "classic" alphabet still taught in schools out of scholastic inertia.
A1: You are so impressed with the present century. Without the previous centuries we wouldn't be here.
Dr. G: I don't subscribe to the continuous progress view. The break from the European scholastic tradition when pilgrims migrated to the new continent made this century possible not a build up on European scholasticism.
A1: There are more scientists today than in previous centuries.
Dr. G: Regular folks/Doctors ratio has stayed the same throughout history. The amateur scientist/Doctors ratio is also a constant. Amateur scientist type mentioned by the commenter always makes the new discoveries. Edison comes to mind. These are the people who tinker in their garages and discover new stuff. Doctors park their cars in their garages.
Dr. Gravytee: Nothing to be excited about. I get thousands of comments every day. I just thought this one was the first one worth approving.
A1: I see. I agree with everything your anonymous commenter said.
Dr. G: I don't.
A1: Obviously science is not a unit that is measured.
Dr. G: We can measure progress if we define a unit for it. I defined the unit to measure progress as the building of a mechanical clock. The commenter gave that as an example of one of the greatest achievements of Europeans.
A1: What about thousands of years humans spent to discover the alphabet.
Dr. G: Alphabet is an agreed upon set of symbols. What humans needed to discover was that only when parties agree upon a standard that communication becomes possible. Today our real alphabet is the QWERTY keyboard which has many more symbols than the "classic" alphabet still taught in schools out of scholastic inertia.
A1: You are so impressed with the present century. Without the previous centuries we wouldn't be here.
Dr. G: I don't subscribe to the continuous progress view. The break from the European scholastic tradition when pilgrims migrated to the new continent made this century possible not a build up on European scholasticism.
A1: There are more scientists today than in previous centuries.
Dr. G: Regular folks/Doctors ratio has stayed the same throughout history. The amateur scientist/Doctors ratio is also a constant. Amateur scientist type mentioned by the commenter always makes the new discoveries. Edison comes to mind. These are the people who tinker in their garages and discover new stuff. Doctors park their cars in their garages.
Thursday, December 21, 2006
Same Doctors Different Name
Admin1: All the raw materials needed to discover radio waves were in existence 2000 years ago.
Doctor Gravytee: True. Look at Hertz' experiment it is so simple and beautiful.
A1: Why didn't anybody else thought about it before?
Dr. G: The European society was based on a scholastic model where a professional priestly group controlled the human knowledge database.
A1: Just like the monopoly Doctors of Alphysics enjoy on human reason?
Dr. G: Same doctors different name. Doctors allowed only a handful of people to work in science. If instead of 10, there were 100,000 human beings working on science and technology fields then there would be more scientific discoveries done faster.
A1: But there were great scientific discoveries made in Europe, such as great mechanical clocks.
Dr. G: Today the progress humans make every year is more than the Scholastic Europeans could make in 2000 years. Therefore if you think human potential equals building a mechanical clock in 2000 years of civilization then you may consider that a great advance. But I don't believe that it is. Take the advance of mechanical clock in 2000 years as unit of human potential. I would say that human potential is more than that? How much more?
A1: Maybe million times more?
Dr. G: How about a billion times more. It is only European self-serving propaganda to market 1/1,000,000,000 progress to be epitome of scientific progress. There is no discernible European progress in 2000 years when you compare that progress to the rate of advancement of today.
A1: That's very little progress.
Dr. G: The estimate above is actually favorable to Europeans. In reality there was negative progress. Humans are still trying to recover from the intellectual scars inflicted by Doctors on humanity. Consider that European Doctors burned alive any poor soul who dared to show any feeble signs of scientific thinking.
Doctor Gravytee: True. Look at Hertz' experiment it is so simple and beautiful.
A1: Why didn't anybody else thought about it before?
Dr. G: The European society was based on a scholastic model where a professional priestly group controlled the human knowledge database.
A1: Just like the monopoly Doctors of Alphysics enjoy on human reason?
Dr. G: Same doctors different name. Doctors allowed only a handful of people to work in science. If instead of 10, there were 100,000 human beings working on science and technology fields then there would be more scientific discoveries done faster.
A1: But there were great scientific discoveries made in Europe, such as great mechanical clocks.
Dr. G: Today the progress humans make every year is more than the Scholastic Europeans could make in 2000 years. Therefore if you think human potential equals building a mechanical clock in 2000 years of civilization then you may consider that a great advance. But I don't believe that it is. Take the advance of mechanical clock in 2000 years as unit of human potential. I would say that human potential is more than that? How much more?
A1: Maybe million times more?
Dr. G: How about a billion times more. It is only European self-serving propaganda to market 1/1,000,000,000 progress to be epitome of scientific progress. There is no discernible European progress in 2000 years when you compare that progress to the rate of advancement of today.
A1: That's very little progress.
Dr. G: The estimate above is actually favorable to Europeans. In reality there was negative progress. Humans are still trying to recover from the intellectual scars inflicted by Doctors on humanity. Consider that European Doctors burned alive any poor soul who dared to show any feeble signs of scientific thinking.
Monday, December 18, 2006
Freedom of Science
Admin1: Freedom of Science is the most fundamental human right.
Doctor Gravytee: May be so but humans are not aware of this yet. Since the beginning of history scientific authority always resided with rulers, tyrants, and deities.
A1: A ruler is a human.
Dr. G: Originally all rulers made sure to deify themselves. They were not humans. This is the origin of marketing which is the oldest science.
A1: Doctors of Alphysics are the modern tyrants who obstruct the free flow of information therefore deny humans freedom of Science.
Dr. G: The true authority resides with Newton. Doctors of Alphysics come and go Newton is absolute and immortal.
A1: Newton's Soul is the substance which permeates the entire universe. No wonder he is immortal. Is there a way to free humanity from this religious tyrant?
Dr. G: Yes. Humans must unite and then the rest will come.
A1: That would be the end of Alphysics.
Dr. G: Not at all. We'll change the name of Alphysics to the new science whatever that is. We'll then donate to humanity the day the Big School changed its name as a global holiday and humans will be happy.
Doctor Gravytee: May be so but humans are not aware of this yet. Since the beginning of history scientific authority always resided with rulers, tyrants, and deities.
A1: A ruler is a human.
Dr. G: Originally all rulers made sure to deify themselves. They were not humans. This is the origin of marketing which is the oldest science.
A1: Doctors of Alphysics are the modern tyrants who obstruct the free flow of information therefore deny humans freedom of Science.
Dr. G: The true authority resides with Newton. Doctors of Alphysics come and go Newton is absolute and immortal.
A1: Newton's Soul is the substance which permeates the entire universe. No wonder he is immortal. Is there a way to free humanity from this religious tyrant?
Dr. G: Yes. Humans must unite and then the rest will come.
A1: That would be the end of Alphysics.
Dr. G: Not at all. We'll change the name of Alphysics to the new science whatever that is. We'll then donate to humanity the day the Big School changed its name as a global holiday and humans will be happy.
Tuesday, October 03, 2006
Elitist obscurantism
Admin1: Why is the String Theory so crucial in human understanding of nature?
Doctor Gravytee: It is not. String Theory is an elitist obscurantism who markets the absurd as the true science.
A1: In other words, String Theory is the modern name of scholasticism.
Dr. Gravytee: Yes. Scholasticism has acquired a bad reputation so we had to rename it to something more marketable.
Doctor Gravytee: It is not. String Theory is an elitist obscurantism who markets the absurd as the true science.
A1: In other words, String Theory is the modern name of scholasticism.
Dr. Gravytee: Yes. Scholasticism has acquired a bad reputation so we had to rename it to something more marketable.
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