18 ideas
467 | A virtue is a combination of intelligence, strength and luck [Ion] |
4054 | I may exist before I become a person, just as I exist before I become an adult [Lockwood] |
4055 | It isn't obviously wicked to destroy a potential human being (e.g. an ununited egg and sperm) [Lockwood] |
4056 | If the soul is held to leave the body at brain-death, it should arrive at the time of brain-creation [Lockwood] |
21202 | The strong force has a considerably greater range than the weak force [Martin,BR] |
21211 | If an expected reaction does not occur, that implies a conservation law [Martin,BR] |
21209 | Electron emit and reabsorb photons, which create and reabsorb virtual electrons and positrons [Martin,BR] |
21212 | The Higgs field, unlike others, has a nozero value in a state without particles [Martin,BR] |
21201 | A 'field' is just a region to which points can be assigned in space and time [Martin,BR] |
21205 | Many physicists believe particles have further structure, if only we could see it [Martin,BR] |
21203 | Uncertainty allows very brief violations of energy conservation - even shorter with higher energies [Martin,BR] |
21207 | The Exclusion Principle says no two fermions occupy the same state, with the same numbers [Martin,BR] |
21204 | The standard model combines theories of strong interaction, and electromagnetic and weak interaction [Martin,BR] |
21208 | Eletrons don't literally 'spin', because they are point-like [Martin,BR] |
21206 | The properties of a particle are determined by its quantum numbers and its mass [Martin,BR] |
21210 | Virtual particles surround any charged particle [Martin,BR] |
21213 | String theory only has one free parameter (tension) - unlike the standard model with 19 [Martin,BR] |
21200 | An 'element' is what cannot be decomposed by chemistry [Martin,BR] |