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WWB Quick Hits
Timeless ideas at the intersections of science, philosophy, critical thinking, and history.
MODE:
~
4 minutes
of short abstracts.
10 Quick Hits. The key idea, the abstract excerpt of each idea.
1.
Multiple sound waves including both harmonic and overtone waves, as well as the attack and decay which is the shape of the waves individually and in aggregate.
2.
Heraclitus strongly resonates with Eastern thought, especially Daoist balance and Buddhist impermanence.
3.
- Zagros Mountains, Iran. Buzzing for 7000 years!.
The earliest evidence of spirits is from China, around 7,000 BCE. The earliest traces of beer is 5000 BCE in Iran.
4.
In ancient grecoroman times, the word sophist shifted from a respected label to a pejorative.
5.
- Mass is weight..
- Volume is size..
Physics < Science
6.
Evidence. Inductive reasoning is evidence based; abductive reasoning is a best guess from limited evidence.
9.
Competing ideas about the end of the universe, with the Big Freeze currently best supported by observations.
10.
The Williams parable is about government. A response to the colonies in New England inacted the same restrictions they escaped.
Done. Refresh for another set.
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Writing and coding by Michael Alan Prestwood.
