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Big Bullshit: Why Big Bang Fails (and a Proposed Alternative) May 18, 2017

The Big Bang theory has been the centerpiece of modern cosmology for decades despite the fact that it makes no sense whatsoever. To give some background, here's the basic history of the Big Bang: in the earlier part of the 20th century a few astronomers supposed that measurements of the redshift of galaxies meant that the “spacetime” of Einstein’s General Relativity was expanding. Then a Catholic priest was like, "hey maybe that means if we turned the clock back far enough all of matter would be smashed into a single point for some reason." With that stroke of genius, Big...

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The Rational Scientific Method Jan 14, 2016

Several months ago I wrote an article on Bill Gaede's Thread Theory. Here I would like to provide a formal justification for the "visualization" approach to physics described in that article. I will do that by outlining an alternative version of the Scientific Method called the Rational Scientific Method. The number of proponents of this method has been slowly but steadily growing over the years. I don't think there is 100% agreement in every last nuanced aspect of the method, but overall there is a common understanding. Below will be my understanding of it. From now on I will refer to the Rational Scientific...

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The Double Slit Experiment: A Rational Explanation Nov 28, 2015

Proponents of Quantum Mechanics love to trot out the double slit experiment as "evidence" for their seemingly mystical theories about nature. Many if not most documentaries designed to introduce Quantum Mechanics to the lay person will begin with a presentation of the experiment in order to convince the viewer that nature is incomprehensible to the human mind and thus we have to resort to inconceivable objects to "explain" the seemingly conflicting behaviors of light. In this way all of the potential objections the lay person might have can be easily deflected as merely being based on common sense, something which has no place...

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The Grand Unified Theory of Physics Has Been Discovered Oct 4, 2015

Before I say, "everything we thought we knew about physics is wrong" let me qualify that statement. Modern physics isn't wrong. It's irrational. I know what you're thinking. That's silly, we have advanced technology. Relativity and Quantum Mechanics can make extremely accurate predictions. Those GPS satellites need to be adjusted because of time dilation, those transistors wouldn't be here without Quantum. Your computer wouldn't function! I have to be absolutely clear here -- I am not denying whatsoever that Relativity and Quantum can make very accurate predictions. I am not denying that the application of mathematics in engineering can be indispensable...

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The De-Evolution of Anglo-Saxon Law Jan 24, 2015

In this article I attempt to briefly cover some of the history of Anglo-Saxon law from the time the various tribes migrated to Britain. By no means is this meant to be comprehensive, nor am I an expert on the subject. The goal is simply to try to understand how customary, competitive systems of law and justice slowly transform into monopolized systems, and to analyze the natural degression that arises out of the perverse incentives resulting from a state. RECIPROCAL LAW AND JUSTICE Bruce L. Benson, economist and senior fellow at the Independent Institute, has outlined six main characteristics of...

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Killed By Police – Preliminary 2014 Data Jan 1, 2015

I think I've managed to merge two of the most comprehensive databases of killings by police: Fatal Encounters  and Killed By Police. I believe the result might be the most extensive collection of information to date on fatal police encounters which occurred in 2014. The data is far from perfect, but the trends are interesting nonetheless, so I would like to present some preliminary results. A few points to consider: Fatal Encounters and Killed By Police both aggregate information from local media stories and as such only provide a baseline minimum estimate for the number of people killed by police in 2014 Both databases...

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