QM: Does Time exist?

^ It was all fine until the Biblical nonsense at the end.

Another nice physics resource I came across: The "Crackpot Index" 

^ You can post all those trash you want from the internet but that doesn't take away personal experience (i have plenty of it). Have you never been to a Traditional Chinese medicine doctor? Have you never received acupuncture? Even modern medical science accepts it as a legit practice and they have no idea why it works. You don't get it. You made that quite clear. Many of these videos are purposefully constructed to make it look impossible. Unless you have researched this for at least a decade, you're not even remotely qualified to have a discussion really. No offense.

^ You have no idea how science works. Science is just not for you. What you call "science" is actually the opposite. You have read a lot of papers and watched a lot of videos which make bold assertions but conflict with experiments which actual scientists have done over and over again around the globe. These actual scientists have imagined theories and laws which make precise predictions that have not only been validated by other scientists, but no attempt to falsify them has ever been successful.

Edited by MikeEnRegalia - 19 hours 27 minutes ago at 09:33

I sometimes like to fall into these rabbit holes and wander around a bit to see what's going on. I have to say that Bahman Zohuri is quite a character. Retracted books at Springer (granted, not all of them). Seems to have disappeared from the University of New Mexico because of these retracted books (not entirely sure, but the timing is right; academic institutions like to keep this stuff quiet) and is now at a business school at Golden Gate University writing on all kinds of subjects unrelated to a business school, often in disreputable journals published by predatory publishers (i.e., probably not peer reviewed or peer reviewed by some bloke off the street). He's the CEO of an engineering consulting firm which doesn't appear to have updated its website since 2009. Very curious fellow.

siLLy puPPy wrote: ^ You can post all those trash you want from the internet but that doesn't take away personal experience (i have plenty of it). Have you never been to a Traditional Chinese medicine doctor? Have you never received acupuncture?

I have and it did indeed work, which is another way of saying I felt better the next day and have no real proof it was the acupuncture.   This specialist also applied glass suction bowls to my back.   

Was it the bowls?   Was it the needles?   Was it the herbs he gave me which I took for several weeks that were unrelated to my having the flu?   Was it his advice that I never eat anything raw or uncooked which is questionable considering raw fruits & vegetables are an important part of a person's diet?   Or maybe his insistence I not eat sweets only for me to notice a quart of ice cream in his freezer?   Hard to say.

SillyPuppy wrote: Unless you have researched this for at least a decade, you're not even remotely qualified to have a discussion really. No offense.

Yeah I don't know... here on the forums we all discuss/debate things we haven't necessarily (or at all) researched for a decade.   I've been looking into UFOs for about 45 years and am only reasonably informed.   On the other hand I've been thoroughly researching the JFK assassination for about 25 years and consider myself a foremost expert in the field, far more knowledgeable than most "experts" whose books I've read, films I've seen, or see & hear on social media.   Most of them are under-qualified buffoons who make so many errors and bad calls it is painfully embarrassing to someone with even ten years of solid research.

Which is to say it seems that proper, serious, extended and relentless work of re-reading, re-watching, re-thinking, and over-researching even after you've come to an 'ultimate conclusion' rather than chronologic time is what matters the most.




Edited by Atavachron - 11 hours 12 minutes ago at 17:48

^ I profoundly disagree.   It gives one a true overview of where and what the crackpottery is, what to avoid, and give you finer skills in researching and discernment.   I firmly recommend that everyone re-read and re-research as much as possible.   It is more than important, it is crucial to understand what you already believe you understand.   And frankly the information that is not retained when reading/watching content is astounding.   

^ Which is why it's so important to keep investigating not just new information but especially what you already have looked at.   Over and over and over and over and over and over again.   Further, in that time one's perspective, opinions, and character change.   It may not necessarily make you more informed, but it certainly makes you more intelligent and more exposed.

Reevaluation is one of the most under-recognized avenues and underutilized tools.   Maybe the most, and that only becomes clear once you star doing it.   It is annoying and painful, but those who have not taken it upon themselves to do so are the ones who I trust the least and whose opinions I value the least.

Am I going to have to close this thread too?