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I like his shows. He's something of an hippy astronomer. You can suspect him of tripping out sometimes."Is Brian Cox on acid ?" ..
I like his shows. He's something of an hippy astronomer. You can suspect him of tripping out sometimes."Is Brian Cox on acid ?" ..
That's part of an efficiency skillset that not all of us possess. I find it very useful, being a newly recruited emotional conservative. Call it a survival instinct.he does have a way of dismissing things out of hand
The physicist says if ghosts existed CERN’s Large Hydron Collider would have found them by now.
I’d be interested in hearing people’s views on this. I do really like Brian Cox but I’m not sure about this opinion of his, but it could be because, like Fox Mulder, I want to believe!
https://www.wired.co.uk/article/the-lhc-proves-ghosts-do-not-exist
He might change his view if he see's one.The physicist says if ghosts existed CERN’s Large Hydron Collider would have found them by now.
I’d be interested in hearing people’s views on this. I do really like Brian Cox but I’m not sure about this opinion of his, but it could be because, like Fox Mulder, I want to believe!
https://www.wired.co.uk/article/the-lhc-proves-ghosts-do-not-exist
It all seems a bit too reminiscent of early psychic researchers trying to determine the weight of a ghost, buy weighing a person before and after they breathed their last. Wrong tools, wrong job.
Burchell: Are you thinking of the attempts to weigh a soul? I didn't see anything wrong with that, except that it was done rather crudely. I'd like to see further attempts at this with more precise instruments.
Why do you think a soul would weigh anything? My brain is full of thoughts when awake but I don't get lighter when I'm asleep.Burchell: Are you thinking of the attempts to weigh a soul? I didn't see anything wrong with that, except that it was done rather crudely. I'd like to see further attempts at this with more precise instruments.
A soul is surely supernatural. As such it has no obligation to follow earthly physics.If the soul is just thoughts then no. If it was something separate from the body and able to leave, it might have weight.
I think reducing everything we dont know to quantum physics is oversimplification.
I'm in two minds about it too.You're both right and wrong about that.
I find some quantum physics theories very interesting and thought provoking, I certainly wouldn’t reduce everything we don’t know to it.I think reducing everything we dont know to quantum physics is oversimplification.
I think he has a very punchable face and used to be in a band and has a glam wife....no body likes a smart arse.Isn't this all just 'pop' science? The loveys all love our Brian, it sits rather nicely with one's Tunnocks and tea when one simply isn't in the mood for existential headaches..
The world of the weird had it's day in the 70's. I would imagine the average Jo possesses neither thought nor care for unexplainable mumbo jumbo this close to Christmas
Not a fan of BC really, although my dear departed mum adored him.
I wish the forum had a 'laugh' emoji instead of just the two 'like/love' emoji's. I really wanted to laugh at your comment but it only afforded me the less....nuanced alternatives. Not that I consider punching someone in the face amusing, no!... I just have a very dark sense of humour. Works better in real life. I promiseI think he has a very punchable face and used to be in a band and has a glam wife....no body likes a smart arse.
Your not going any whereI wish the forum had a 'laugh' emoji instead of just the two 'like/love' emoji's. I really wanted to laugh at your comment but it only afforded me the less....nuanced alternatives. Not that I consider punching someone in the face amusing, no!... I just have a very dark sense of humour. Works better in real life. I promise
*reachin' for me hat n'coat*
A friend of mine, a senior lecturer in Physics, and my nephew a science post graduate, both despised him for his inaccuracies in the name of simplification! Even I, not a scientist, had noted few iffy things. I'll be adding his above comment re ghosts to that list.As a side point, whilst I like Brian Cox I'm not convinced he's the best physicist in the world, and it seems to be a view shared by some students he's taught at Manchester.
The physicist says if ghosts existed CERN’s Large Hydron Collider would have found them by now.
I’d be interested in hearing people’s views on this. I do really like Brian Cox but I’m not sure about this opinion of his, but it could be because, like Fox Mulder, I want to believe!
https://www.wired.co.uk/article/the-lhc-proves-ghosts-do-not-exist
A friend of mine, a senior lecturer in Physics, and my nephew a science post graduate, both despised him for his inaccuracies in the name of simplification! Even I, not a scientist, had noted few iffy things. I'll be adding his above comment re ghosts to that list.