Ideas from 'New Scientist articles' by New Scientist writers [2013], by Theme Structure
[found in 'New Scientist magazine' (ed/tr -) [ 2013,]].
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7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 5. Reason for Existence
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Current physics says matter and antimatter should have reduced to light at the big bang
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CP violation shows a decay imbalance in matter and antimatter, leading to matter's dominance
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14. Science / A. Basis of Science / 4. Prediction
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A system can infer the structure of the world by making predictions about it
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15. Nature of Minds / C. Capacities of Minds / 3. Abstraction by mind
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Neural networks can extract the car-ness of a car, or the chair-ness of a chair
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18. Thought / A. Modes of Thought / 5. Rationality / a. Rationality
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No one has yet devised a rationality test
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18. Thought / A. Modes of Thought / 7. Intelligence
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About a third of variation in human intelligence is environmental
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People can be highly intelligent, yet very stupid
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18. Thought / B. Mechanics of Thought / 1. Psychology
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Psychologists measure personality along five dimensions
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27. Natural Reality / A. Classical Physics / 2. Thermodynamics / d. Entropy
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Entropy is the only time-asymmetric law, so time may be linked to entropy
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27. Natural Reality / B. Modern Physics / 2. Electrodynamics / a. Electrodynamics
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Light moves at a constant space-time speed, but its direction is in neither space nor time
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27. Natural Reality / B. Modern Physics / 2. Electrodynamics / d. Quantum mechanics
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The Schrödinger equation describes the evolution of an object's wave function in Hilbert space
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Quantum states are measured by external time, of unknown origin
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27. Natural Reality / B. Modern Physics / 5. Unified Models / b. String theory
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String theory needs at least 10 space-time dimensions
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19953
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In string theory space-time has a grainy indivisible substructure
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19954
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It is impossible for find a model of actuality among the innumerable models in string theory
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27. Natural Reality / C. Space / 2. Space
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Hilbert Space is an abstraction representing all possible states of a quantum system
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27. Natural Reality / C. Space / 6. Space-Time
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Space-time may be a geometrical manifestation of quantum entanglement
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Relativity makes time and space jointly basic; quantum theory splits them, and prioritises time
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Einstein's merging of time with space has left us confused about the nature of time
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27. Natural Reality / D. Time / 1. Nature of Time / d. Time as measure
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Quantum theory relies on a clock outside the system - but where is it located?
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27. Natural Reality / D. Time / 2. Passage of Time / g. Time's arrow
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19951
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Entropy is puzzling, so we may need to build new laws which include time directionality
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27. Natural Reality / E. Cosmology / 7. Black Holes
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General relativity predicts black holes, as former massive stars, and as galaxy centres
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Black holes have entropy, but general relativity says they are unstructured, and lack entropy
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27. Natural Reality / E. Cosmology / 8. Dark Matter
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84.5 percent of the universe is made of dark matter
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27. Natural Reality / F. Chemistry / 1. Chemistry
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We are halfway to synthesising any molecule we want
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27. Natural Reality / F. Chemistry / 3. Periodic Table
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Chemistry just needs the periodic table, and protons, electrons and neutrinos
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