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Explorable Physics is a website with course notes for algebra based physics with explorable explanations.
https://landgreen.github.io/physics/index.html
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add sections on scientific ways of thinking #8

Open landgreen opened 6 years ago

landgreen commented 6 years ago

Critical thinking

value of Bayesian probability (no true and false, just % chance to be true) scientists shouldn't say they believe in things, things just have a probability or being true or not

scientific method is the various ways that people use to only say things that are correct.

landgreen commented 6 years ago

science shows the difference between reality and how we experience reality

examples: real things, we can't directly sense: E-M spectrum, subatomic particles, gravity fields, electric fields, electricity sensory illusions: why does metal feel cold, optical illusions, delusions: some people believe things that are in their mind exist outside their mind (ghosts)

"Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away." - Philip K. Dick

landgreen commented 6 years ago

science as a progression away from human biases

examples of bias:

self centered: the universe is centered around me > Earth > Sun > there is no center relativity: velocity only exists relative to something

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cognitive_biases