The assumption in the following video is that electrons are like little balls. This assumption is incorrect. Electrons are waves that are simply quite substantial. As far as “observer” goes, they have an instrument there, whose electric field interferes with the experiment. Please see,
This video demonstrating the power of superconductivity and magnetism has been making the rounds this week on the internet and is an example of how video is really the best way to capture and share with thousands of viewers the amazing power of science!
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Vinaire’s comment: A magnetic field seems to be a condition of space.
Surgeon Anthony Atala demonstrates an early-stage experiment that could someday solve the organ-donor problem: a 3D printer that uses living cells to output a transplantable kidney. Using similar technology, Dr. Atala’s young patient Luke Massella received an engineered bladder 10 years ago; we meet him onstage.
From Wikipedia we get the general steps of the Scientific Method as follows:
(1) Use your experience
Consider the problem.
Try to make sense of it.
Look for previous explanations.
(2) Form a conjecture
State an explanation.
(3) Deduce a prediction from that explanation
Predict consequences that may follow from that explanation.
(4) Test (Experiment)
Check for the opposite of each consequence to disprove the conjecture.
Note that this method can never absolutely verify (prove the truth of) the conjecture. It can only falsify the conjecture. If the conjecture is disproven then one goes back to step (2). If the conjecture cannot be disproven then one starts again with step (1).
We have had pretty good success applying this scientific method to physical problems. We have running water and air conditioning in our houses. We can communicate over long distances. We can travel at faster than the speed of sound. In these instances the success can be verified objectively. Underlying these successes are basic principles that have proven themselves out time and time again.
But how about the success in applying this scientific method to the spiritual aspects of the universe? Do we have basic spiritual principles here that are equivalent to such basic principles as the conservation of mass and energy?
Let’s consider the problem of human suffering. This problem can be witnessed both objectively and subjectively. Science has helped us reduce the physical aspects of this suffering by conditioning the immediate physical environment around us. Can Science also help us reduce the mental aspects of this suffering?
Buddhism is said to be the earliest scientific approach to the problem of human suffering on the mental plane. The method recommended by Buddha is called Vipassana meditation. This method is based on the premise,
“If you look at things just as they are, you gradually gain the insight that makes the suffering more tolerable. It does not prevent the suffering that comes from growing old, getting sick, etc., but you can be peaceful in its presence. Following those insights you naturally develop a conduct that enhances peace and happiness.”
Buddhism is said to have brought civilization to three-quarters of the world at the peak of its popularity. Are there conjectures in Buddhism that measure up to being scientific?
The first conjecture from Buddhism may be stated as follows.
Looking at things just as they are can dissolve problems, confusions and suffering.
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Glossary
Science Origin: “to know.” Science is systematic knowledge of the physical or material world gained through observation and experimentation.
Conjecture Origin: “to throw together, form a conclusion.” To conjecture is to form an expression of an opinion or theory without sufficient evidence for proof.
