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Constellations and Self-Confidence

Life & Notes2006.08.26
Constellations and Self-Confidence
Pluto has been demoted; now the solar system has become the eight major planets. This news counts as one of the most eye-catching science and technology news items of the past few days, but today I saw a rather interesting report: it said that Pluto’s demotion caused only limited shock in astronomy, yet stirred up quite a commotion in “astrology.” The ones most affected are probably us Scorpio folks, because it is said that Pluto is Scorpio’s “ruling planet.” I don’t know what exactly this ruling planet is supposed to do, but it does sound like the problem is indeed quite serious… Pluto being included among the major planets was…
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Aug 26, 2006
Causality, Premonition, Free Will, Paranormal Powers, Scientific Explanation

History of Science & Scholarship2006.03.19
Causality, Premonition, Free Will, Paranormal Powers, Scientific Explanation
Watching the film Final Destination, I think about what causality is? Can “premonition” be given a “scientific explanation”? Can “supernormal abilities” be justified within scientific epistemology? 1.Laws, causality, time Hume pointed out that causality is only a “habit,” and he was not wrong. When we see “2, 4, 6, 8, ___, …,” even the dullest primary school student knows how to do this kind of “find the pattern and fill in the number” problem; they will unhesitatingly write “10” in the blank, while slightly cleverer students will sum it up into a universal “rule” — “the nth number is 2n.” This problem is far too simple, but its basic principle…
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Mar 19, 2006
[Austrian] Erwin Schrödinger: “Nature and Ancient Greece”

History of Science & Scholarship2006.02.19
[Austrian] Erwin Schrödinger: “Nature and Ancient Greece”
[Austrian] Erwin Schrödinger: *Nature and Ancient Greece*, translated by Yan Feng, Shanghai Scientific and Technical Publishers, May 2002 (Translator’s Preface) p. 3 Although Schrödinger loved mathematics and physics in middle school, he did not reject the liberal arts; he did very well in both Greek and Latin, and also taught himself French and English. Later, he read and wrote the four modern languages of English, French, Italian, and Spanish just as well as Greek and Latin. He once translated Homer’s epic poems into English, and translated French poetry into German. He also published a personal poetry collection in 1949. He loved drawing and sculpture, and had a special passion for…
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Feb 19, 2006