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Haha I really don't have the 5 hours viewing time to watch it multiple times in order to understand |
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its about everything. |
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I am interested in the concept (It says at the start I will need to watch it several times before I get it, so that's 2 hrs 40 minumum!) Any chance of a breakdown? |
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Reality is a difficult concept for all of us. |
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I'm tempted to say that if Athene has a theory he should publish it There is some commentary here, which I found useful www.reddit.com |
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a theory is a theory |
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I hope I'm not alone in feeling that the monotonous monologe with the gratuitous graphics actually obscure any message! I would much prefer a written paper, tbh, without the spin There is also this commentary on JREF, which I found useful: forums.randi.org "First Corollary: If it's announced on Youtube, it's not a scientific breakthrough. Second Corollary: No, we're not going to watch a 48 minute video. " LOL, I am such a skeptic |
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actually... |
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Yeah, I have little patience with ubergraphics and underscore when I'm trying to pay attention to something scientific. I have a big bugbear about when they do it on the news and on science programs... endless, repeated, meaningless visuals, yuck... You and I know that this is actually the fast food- serves no purpose other than as a filler. Patronising to audiences, IMO I guess I was just a little let down, as it was billed as "the truth?" and as a "theory of everything", neither being the case. So if it is anything more than the self-aggrandising, obfuscating piece of puffery I took it for, what is the content? Could you describe the central arguments for me, please? |
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i will not explain what has been explained already |
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both provocative and comforting to its closing points on the power in seeing patterns -- all of which are communicated clearly, straightforwardly, and cohesively -- I find this brilliant, enlightening, engaging, and -- comforting. |
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Here's a pretty damning analysis of the video for you: "Neural part: makes sense, but I'd ask an actual neuroscientist about the details. I do agree with the conclusions, even though the end is more speculation than scientific fact. It's logical speculation, unlike pretty much any other theory. Quantum part: very good review of modern physics, up to the "De Broglie's equation" part... C = hf is nonsense. The actual equation is E = hf, E being energy; this is just a statement that a quantum particle of energy E has an oscillatory frequency f. It does NOT say anything about consciousness. (incidentally, this is not de Broglie's equation; it's just a definition of Planck's constant). After some very unclear babble about meson oscillation and C and anti C, he does get back on track (saying that everything has an "anti" thing is very misleading. Even if the theory allows for it, this doesn't mean it's actually there). Theory of Everything : "the reference frame is a quantum" makes no sense. Also, using the photon as a frame of reference is a very bad idea. Every number is mapped to zero and cannot be mapped back; every calculation becomes 0 = 0. Pretty useless... Also, the arrow of time has nothing to do with Heisenberg's uncertainty principle, as claimed. The latter can be derived from the wave/particle duality and a bit of math. "accelerated relative to the arrow of time". What?? the C's cancel each other? The speeds of light? With 12 minutes left he's just just making sh** up. b) Infinite probabilities? Really now? And what's with C standing for every single variable? What's wrong with other letters? c) Time is orthogonal to space. It is indeed made of the same fabric. It is not in any sense the "opposite". The opposite of "north" is "south", it's not "backwards in time" I really don't see what he's getting at here... This all started out very well, but turned into a bit of a train wreck at the end. It's hard to figure out which parts are his pal's "new theory of everything" and which parts are just badly interpreted physics. It's possible that he just ran out of time and decided only to read every third sentence... All in all, a good review up until about halfway through the physics part. Then it gets confused. In any case the ultimate test of a theory is not that we let go of our prejudices, or even that we all understand it: it's that it makes solid mathematical predictions of actual physical experiments, and doesn't contain any logical contradictions. I hope this helps" I hear this Athene guy puts a lot of time and effort into trolling. I reckon you bin trolled... |
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i reckon not |
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I think you out-trumped my on brothers there My big bro took his family out to see the last shuttle launch, said it was the best day of his life. I turn to him on all matters mathematical, scientific and computery My little bro is the musical one of the family, and also the psychologist among us. He gets all the social/psychological questions I have. I have another brother (from another mother) who is the sporty one, and ran with the olympic torch this year I am the arty farty one... |
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you don't sound farty |
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