Philosophy Wire: Ions. Behavior. Against the flow…

A research group shows, using computer simulations, that ions do not always behave as expected. In their research on molten salts, they were able to see that, in some cases, the ions in the salt mixture they were studying affect one another so much that they may even move in the 'wrong' direction - that is, towards an electrode with the same charge. [1] Moving against the flow. Weird. Because usually things move in the direction of the flow. Weird. How could we ever know? Could anything form or be without wings that allows is to flee? Against the flow. Back to its birthing place. Where it started to be. Where it once was dead. Long before anything existed for it to move against…

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Philosophy Wire: Look fast!

Studying chaos with one of the world's fastest cameras. Ultrafast camera technology might aid in the study of unpredictable systems. [1] Look fast. And all the chaos will dissolve into a static image. Be slow. And the world will disappear into fast motion. Can there be balance within the storm? Can we ever look at the river as it will be? Chaos. Movement. Fast. Slow. Funny. I do not remember running to anywhere but Me. (Can you see?)

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Philosophy Wire: Lasers. Slow motion. Chaos. Nothingness.

Laser beams are used to change the properties of materials in an extremely precise way. However, the underlying processes generally take place at such unimaginably fast speeds and at such a small scale that they have so far eluded direct observation. Researchers have now managed to film, for the first time, the laser transformation of a crystal structure with nanometer resolution and in slow motion in an electron microscope. [1] But can a crystal move? Can a crystal change? Can anything be without time and form? Can the forest be without you being around to see? Stop looking and everything will go away. Think. Does the crystal care whether you die or live?

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Philosophy Wire: Darkness… Light… Motionless…

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Theoreticians in two different fields defied the common knowledge that planets orbit stars like the Sun. They proposed the possibility of thousands of planets around a supermassive black hole. [1] Moving around light. Moving around darkness. It matters not though. For what is important is that we move. And thus fail to see that there is nothing to move around from. Stop. And see. Everything is moving around you…

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Philosophy Wire: Who is moving?

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Do tectonic plates move because of motion in the Earth's mantle, or is the mantle driven by the plates' movement? Or could it be that this question is ill-posed? This is the point of view adopted by scientists who regard the solid Earth as a single system. According to their simulations, the surface mainly drives the mantle, although changes occur over time. [1] And old question. Begging for an answer. Am I moving? Or is it you? At the end, both of us can be an answer. And, thus, no one is…

Can you feel it?
You are not moving.

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Philosophy Wire: Asteroids, collisions, fate.

Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2014-07-02]: Analysis shows that the Chelyabinsk asteroid collided with another space rock before getting into an orbit towards hitting Earth. [1] Every move has a result. Every move is the transformation of the possible into entelechy. (Aristotle) [2] Everything is possible. Make your move my little butterfly. And the asteroid will fall...

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Philosophy Wire: From conscious to unconscious...

Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2014-06-18]: The more automated the movement [1], the more unconscious it feels. Try for something consciously. And when you achieve it, it will become unconscious. We strive to live. When we will learn how to do it, we will just be. Unconscious. A lifeless universe. Unconscious. Because it is perfect. Conscious...

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