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Creeds of Physics

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Science started in the middle. Visions of the wise, and “revelations” from “rapid-eye-movement” sleep, when the mind is released from beliefs we think we know, were passed on and repeated indefinitely to become dogma. A gene is a self-replicating organic complex. A meme is a self-replicating concept, which likewise may propagate through generations.

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  1. University of Tasmania, GPO Box 252C, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 7001

    S. Warren Carey

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  1. Nuclear Research Centre, Demokritos, Greece

    Michele Barone

  2. Università di Bari, Bari, Italy

    Franco Selleri

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Warren Carey, S. (1994). Creeds of Physics. In: Barone, M., Selleri, F. (eds) Frontiers of Fundamental Physics. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-2560-8_28

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