Natural Philosophy

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A community for anyone interested in big questions and meta-questions pertaining to the natural world. For the purpose of this community, natural philosophy encompasses philosophy of science and metaphysics as well.

For those of you on Matrix, there is a super-space which tries to aggregate scientific chat rooms and spaces at #science-space:matrix.org, including a room for philosophy of science and a physics space.

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What proposed law(s) or principle(s) of nature do you find most fascinating? (self.naturalphilosophy)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by sudoreboot to c/naturalphilosophy

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You don't have to justify your fascination, but you are most welcome to!

'Proposed' includes old and new ideas alike. Consensus isn't a requirement either - it could be speculative, contentious or entirely uncontroversial, as long as it doesn't contradict what is currently known.

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[–] CadeJohnson 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I am still pretty fascinated by Murphy's Law; I mean how does the buttered toast KNOW to flip in mid-air so the butter lands on the floor?! When I loose something why does it always HAVE to be in the last place I look?! Well, that is why it is a LAW, eh?

[–] activistPnk 1 points 1 year ago

I recall a stand-up comedian covering the searching quite well. Of course it’s in the last place you look. You don’t continue your search after you found it.