CNPS 2016 and Beyond
The John Chappell Natural Philosophy Society is now in full swing. After a long and sometimes painful journey for 95% of the NPA membership, we have successfully righted the ship, corrected some problems, and are now sailing full-steam ahead. This journey was made possible by several heroic CNPS members including Duncan Shaw, Lou Lalafollette, Nick […]
Continue Reading...Critical Thinking And The Scientific Method
In setting forth a vision for the CNPS, David De Hilster called for changing the term “dissidents” to “critical thinkers” and the phrase “dissident views” to “critical thinking”. The new terms are more positive and more accurate and help to define a more positive image for a social media campaign. The CNPS slogan is now […]
Continue Reading...Sweeping Implications For Spacetime Physics And Cosmology
If Special Relativity is flawed, then the foundation for all of spacetime physics and cosmology is built on an erroneous foundation and must soon collapse under its own weight. If one claims that Special Relativity directly describes what’s happening physically (e.g., time dilation describes different proper time accumulation rates), then contradictions such as the Twin […]
Continue Reading...The Twin Paradox: Mainstream Rejection of Critical Thinking
David De Hilster, in his 12/19/15 CNPS videoconference, laid out the opportunity or really the pressing need for the CNPS community to use social media to promote itself. The first step in a social media campaign is to establish a positive image. David recommended that instead of the terms “dissident views” and “dissidents”, we adopt the more […]
Continue Reading...A Farewell to the Globe Maker from Werdau/Saxony
These are some emails about the passing of Klaus Vogel, pioneer in Expansion Tectonics. Yellow Roses and the sounds of Schubert’s music and very intimate words and images: 100 funeral guests prized the merits of Klaus Vogel On November 18th 2015 Klaus Vogel peacefully passed away at Werdau within the circle of his extended family. The […]
Continue Reading...