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Ashes of Truth: Asch’s Conformity Experiment, Postmodernism, and the Modern Crisis of Meaning
In 1951, Solomon Asch conducted an experiment that would become a classic in social psychology—a chilling demonstration of how easily...
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Apr 264 min read


The Paradox of Time from Aristotle to Modern Philosophy
Introduction Time has puzzled philosophers for millennia. In everyday life we divide time into past, present, and future, yet this...
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Apr 2128 min read


Memory, identity, and the shadows of a lost world.
The film A Real Pain captured the haunting legacy of European Jewry with piercing clarity. Inspired by that film and grounded in personal...
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Apr 145 min read


Negative Time in Quantum Physics: Paradoxes, Positrons, and Time-Symmetric Interpretations.
Introduction: Time is usually assumed to flow in one direction from past to future, but quantum physics sometimes permits descriptions...
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Apr 730 min read


Zeno of Citium: Stoic Philosophy and the Sunlit Encounter
The Sunlit Encounter: Zeno and the King On a bright morning in Corinth’s public gardens, a mighty conqueror came to meet a humble...
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Mar 3019 min read


Altermagnetism: The Third Form of Magnetism Unveiled
Introduction: A New Magnetism Emerges For over a century, physicists recognized two fundamental kinds of magnetic order: ferromagnetism...
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Mar 2417 min read


Higgs Field Evolution, Vacuum Instability, and Cyclical Universe Theories
The Higgs Field and Its Vacuum State Over Time The Higgs field is an all-pervading quantum field that gives certain particles their mass....
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Mar 1613 min read


Altermagnetism: The Third Form of Magnetism Unveiled
Introduction: A New Magnetism Emerges For over a century, physicists recognized two fundamental kinds of magnetic order: ferromagnetism...
professormattw
Mar 517 min read


Experimenting with Light in 37 Dimensions: A Quantum Interferometry Breakthrough
Recent reports in Popular Mechanics and other outlets highlighted a mind-bending experiment where scientists created a photon that...
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Mar 317 min read


How Project-Based and Problem-Based Learning Benefit Student Engagement and Behavior
Project-Based Learning (PBL) and Problem-Based Learning (PrBL) are two instructional methodologies that actively engage students in the...
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Feb 233 min read


The Dice of the Universe
Imagine standing at the edge of a quantum realm, where certainty dissolves, and probabilities rule. This is the world described by...
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Feb 154 min read


Reimagining the Scientific Method: Grounding Science in Ontological Randomness
If ontological randomness is fundamental to the fabric of reality, then the scientific method—as traditionally conceived—may require a...
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Feb 104 min read


Ontological Randomness vs. Epistemological Randomness in Quantum Theory
The philosophical and scientific investigation of randomness in quantum theory is deeply rooted in questions of ontology (the nature of...
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Jan 305 min read


The Standard Model and Beyond: Exploring the Building Blocks of the Universe
Subatomic particles are the foundation of everything we observe in the universe, from the tiniest atoms to the vastness of galaxies. The...
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Jan 274 min read


The Importance of Visualizing Mathematics: Insights from Visionaries
"Pure mathematics is, in its way, the poetry of logical ideas." These words from Albert Einstein encapsulate the beauty of mathematics—a...
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Jan 194 min read


Exploring Infinity: Cantor’s Paradox and the Infinite Staircase
Imagine you’re standing at the foot of an infinite staircase. Each step represents a new level of infinity, stretching upward beyond...
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Jan 114 min read


The Quantum Fractal Connection: Unifying Spacetime, Energy, and Dimensions
Quantum mechanics introduced a revolutionary principle: that energy and momentum are not continuous but quantized, existing in discrete...
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Jan 54 min read


Vans, Planes, Ferries, and a Chinese Family: A Journey to Liverpool
The journey from home to university is usually predictable: a drive to the airport, a flight, and maybe a train or two. For me, though,...
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Dec 30, 20244 min read


Understanding the Misconceptions of “Western Culture” and Its Historical Roots
When I first began studying Egyptology, I was surprised to find it grouped under Near Eastern Studies. To me, Egypt seemed distinct—more...
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Dec 23, 20244 min read


The Erosion of Positive Masculinity: Historical and Modern Parallels
The decline of positive masculinity is not merely a contemporary phenomenon but a recurring theme throughout history, often coinciding...
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Dec 16, 20245 min read
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