Reflections on the Informative and the Deceptive Similarity In physics - and in the natural sciences in general - similarity models are methods that exploit the similarity of certain properties of objects or processes, and can be useful to better understand a less well known object or process, assuming that other unknown properties can be inferred from the similarity. Of course, the similarity itself may be wrong, but even if it is true, we may not be able to infer other similarities well. Nevertheless, the recognition of similarities is one of the most important scientific methods of gaining knowledge, alongside the search for related symmetries. I'm not thinking about deceptive similarities now, I'm more interested in informative similarities, and among…

Critical thoughts while listening to a lecture1 Lest we think we are hearing something new and original about evil in the performance of the title. I can only repeat what I have already said several times about the philosophical approach, namely that, as a rule, a philosopher does not formulate new ideas about a concept - in this case, evil - based on our present-day knowledge, but they quote and interpret old great philosophers and religious teachings. ___________________________ 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nquX7Eo_piE After registration, you may ask for a translation of the full text by email.