Physics Fixes
by David Bryan Wallace,Cape Coral, Florida, USA
Welcome to the physics part of my website. I hope you find it interesting. If you have questions, comments or suggestions, please e-mail me: wallacedavidb@gmail.com.
The Physics Fixes website is maintained on an x10Hosting free web server at http://physicsfixes.elementfx.com. It calls attention to unresolved questions in physics, and presents clearly reasoned corrections to errors or misconceptions in physics. The content, though intended to be significant and consequential, mostly takes the form of short essays.
This website is completely non-commercial; there are neither advertisements nor solicitations. The content is original, except for parts credited to, or incorporated by links to, other sources. The original content is declared public domain by the author, and may not be copyrighted by anyone else. Free use of the content is encouraged; however, proper attribution and acknowledgement of authorship is appropriate and appreciated.
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-- David Bryan Wallace, Cape Coral, Florida, United States of America.
I, David Bryan Wallace, author of this website, am a retired former mathematics instructor also trained to teach all secondary school science subjects. I may be contacted by email at wallacedavidb@gmail.com.
My thoughts in physics evolve by considering the implications of the experiments and theories of others. I acknowledge the influence of Thomas S. Kuhn whose book The Structure of Scientific Revolutions I read in 1963 when it was a newly published book and I was a student at Carleton College.
Many people have low regard for writings that include alternative theories, but the scientific process requires consideration of alternatives. The person who only bolsters his belief in what he already believes is too closed-minded to be a good scientist. Presenting an alternative theoretical model does not imply an exclusive claim to being "right". More than one theory can be sound so far as known from all empirical evidence. While I do call attention to some aspects of standard theories that arouse my interest in considering alternatives, I do so to arouse the reader's interest in considering alternatives also. I believe that consideration of my new theoretical models will enhance the reader's understanding of the physical problems to which both theories refer. Theories are supposed to meet certain requirements: usefulness, testability, logical self-consistency. These are the appropriate criteria for judging theories, not the criterion of consistency with some standard theory. Regarding testability, a theory is called into question by contrary empirical evidence, not by empirical evidence being not contrary to a standard theory. Regarding logical self-consistency, in some instances it appears that the physics community chooses to tolerate some inconsistency. Perhaps due to my mathematical training, I find a theory's lack of logical self-consistency very difficult to accept.