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All the ideas for 'poems', 'The Character of Physical Law' and 'The Strangest Man'

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8 ideas

1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 7. Despair over Philosophy

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People generalise because it is easier to understand, and that is mistaken for deep philosophy [Feynman]

22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / j. Ethics by convention

6017	Nomos is king [Pindar]

26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 4. Regularities / a. Regularity theory

9410	Physical Laws are rhythms and patterns in nature, revealed by analysis [Feynman]

27. Natural Reality / A. Classical Physics / 1. Mechanics / d. Gravity

21236

Instead of gravitational force, we now have a pervasive gravitational field [Farmelo]

27. Natural Reality / B. Modern Physics / 2. Electrodynamics / d. Quantum mechanics

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The Schrödinger waves are just the maths of transforming energy values to positions [Farmelo]

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Nobody understands quantum mechanics [Feynman]

27. Natural Reality / B. Modern Physics / 4. Standard Model / c. Particle properties

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Experiments show that fundamental particles of one type are identical [Farmelo]

27. Natural Reality / C. Space / 3. Points in Space

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We should regard space as made up of many tiny pieces [Feynman, by Mares]