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Is Trump simply wrong when he says no one knows what a magnet is?
In certain materials like iron, nickel, and cobalt, magnetic domains line up to form a magnet.
Is Trump simply wrong when he says water destroys magnets?
Magnets < Physics < Science
Can you explain quantum entanglement simply?
Quantum entanglement is when two particles share a connection so deep that measuring one is tied to the outcome of the other, even across great ...
What does superposition tell us about metaphysics?
Superposition turns quantum mechanics into a metaphysical troublemaker by forcing us to ask whether reality is made of fixed things, potentials, or deeper hidden layers.
Is Homo affinis erectus a direct human ancestor?
A new fossil can be exciting without being decisive. Right now, H. aff. erectus is best understood as an early European hominin with erectus-like traits, ...
How does Schrödinger’s Cat relate to wave-particle duality and the multiverse?
Schrödinger’s Cat turns quantum weirdness into a visible drama. It takes the strange logic of superposition and asks what it would mean if that same ...
Does Agrippa’s Trilemma Disprove the Idea of Ideas?
Agrippa’s Trilemma does not break the Idea of Ideas. It helps show why we need a clear split between reality itself and our human ideas ...
How does TST Ethics handle the trolley problem?
TST Ethics does not solve the trolley problem for you, but it does ask you to use the good intent-good result formula.
Were dinosaurs Jurassic movie smart?
Dinosaurs were probably not movie-raptor smart, yet 170 million years of evolution and a badly incomplete fossil record give us good reason to keep an ...
What is cognitive dissonance?
Cognitive dissonance is conflict of the mind. What happens when two things do not fit. Emotional conflict often means something in your life is out ...
What happens when identity and loyalty collide?
Sometimes the hardest moral conflicts are not between good and evil, but between two loyalties a person cannot fully reconcile.
What inspired Orwell’s 1984 and Orwellian thought?
Orwellian thought grew out of Orwell’s early experience with empire, poverty, and class. It sharpened dramatically in Spain when he saw propaganda and betrayal inside ...