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Comments on various articles and Internet posts.

Marcel Chelba – What No New Particles Means for Physics?

25 Dec 2023

Comment on the article What No New Particles Means for Physics. Physicists are confronting their “nightmare scenario.” What does the absence of new particles suggest about how nature works? by Natalie Wolchover in Quanta Magazine / August 9, 2016. Kantinomus Verlag, Tübingen, 2023. ISBN: 978-3-911041-07-2. 3 pages. 2,99 Euro. ”The medium is the message, McLuhan … More Marcel Chelba – What No New Particles Means for Physics?

Marcel Chelba – Dispute over Infinity…

5 Nov 2023

Comment on the article “Dispute over Infinity Divides Mathematicians” by Natalie Wolchover in Scientific American / December 3, 2013. Kantinomus Verlag, Tübingen, 2023. ISBN: 978-3-911041-04-1. 5 pages. 2,99 Euro. ”Let’s discuss the problem in (slightly more intuitive) geometric terms. Let’s say infinity is the vanishing point at the edge (horizon) of the geometric plane. The … More Marcel Chelba – Dispute over Infinity…

Marcel Chelba – When the subject of physics…

1 Nov 2023

Comments on the article “A Fight for the Soul of Science” by Natalie Wolchover in Quanta Magazine, December 16, 2015. Kantinomus Verlag, Tübingen, 2023. 4 pages. 0,99 Euro. ISBN: 978-3-911041-03-4 ”First Comment: Theory of everything (string theory or whatever) can not be a science in the classical sense of the term. Not because of technology … More Marcel Chelba – When the subject of physics…

Marcel Chelba – The Consolation of Philosophy?

23 Sep 2017

Comments on the article ”The Consolation of Philosophy” of Lawrence M. Krauss in Scientific American, April 28, 2012 (an update by the author of ”A Universe from Nothing” on his thoughts, as a theoretical physicist, about the value of the discipline of philosophy). Kantinomus Verlag, Tübingen, 2023. 12 pages. 1,99 Euro. ISBN: 978-3-911041-01-0 I believe … More Marcel Chelba – The Consolation of Philosophy?