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Re: backtrax post# 278

Friday, 02/24/2012 1:43:03 PM

Friday, February 24, 2012 1:43:03 PM

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remember high school algebra? the solution to a quadratic equation is [-b +- sq(b^2 - 4ac)]/ 2a.
ever hear of feigenbaum? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitchell_Feigenbaum
one christmas (1975) someone gave him a calculator and he sat for hours solving
those equations for sq(b^2 - 4ac) when it is a negative number. they always told us in algebra that
that was a meaningless solution. ignore it. turns out that as particles in an accelerator approach
the speed of light they split into streams based on the solutions to those equations and YES, those
solutions do have meanings and applications. since then, many applications have been found for fractal
mathematics or chaos theory.

the point is, maybe someone did develop a theory that works outside mainstream science. the only reason
feigenbaum's work was accepted was because it worked. immediately. for hundreds of years, students of algebra
were told to ignore this. 37 years ago that changed.

now it appears there are chinks in what science facts are accepted today and maybe, maybe that is holding
us back from developing a better set of facts/theories/understanding.

yeah it was a long article. glad u read it though.

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