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ANPHEON.org – Sorce Theory Homepage: the landmark work which most strongly supports the reinstatement of causal understanding at the core of the physical sciences by means of describing all observable physical phenomena in terms of a deeper, physically existent causal substrate. Some of the most relevant Sorce Theory books by Gerald Lebau are available for free. It is appropriate to remember again that the understandings that can be gained from Lebau’s constructions are in fact the main motivation for the creation of Aethernitatis, which in a sense can be considered a modest reaffirmation and (still embryonic) extension of ANPHEON.org.  

SpinbitZ.net – The pioneering ontological and epistemological meta-paradigm envisioned by Joel Morrison, whose goal is to revitalize the prematurely abandoned project of philosophical and mathematical rationalism, which was aborted with the “enlightenment” of scientific materialism. SpinbitZ intuitively and sensorially reconnects to the understanding of Infinity and in the process it provides an innovative operational map for explaining the many hidden polarities that pervade most systems of thought. Although some SpinbitZ concepts are still in development, its overall vision will already be depicted in some of the Aethernitatis articles.

The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, by Thomas Kuhn – A synopsis of a classic book which is almost a mandatory reading in order to truly understand the nature of science. Kuhn shows in his book that science has always worked and evolved as the lone “crank” against the establishment. He demonstrates the necessity of alternative competing paradigms (“Extraordinary Science” which deals with accumulating anomalies) during the evolution of “Normal Science”, and the difficulties proper to inter-paradigmatic judgements. Kuhn also shows that there is a self-protective mechanism intrinsic to the mainstream scientific establishment, which is actually necessary for “Normal Science” to function. This is mainly the reason why alternative paradigms cannot penetrate the established peer-review filter. The widespread unawareness of this repeating pattern throughout history is likely one of the key factors that result in Popperian science to be still very much an ideal.

Skeptical attitude vs. Dogmatism – Healthy skepticism is about enquiry and doubt, not about denial. This is a crucial difference which is often overlooked, and there are several contemporary examples that demonstrate that mainstream science tends to practice dogmatism, censorship and even suppression of facts in some cases (all of which evidences Kuhnian science in operation). Here are two sites which I found helpful to clarify the difference between rigorous yet open-minded skepticism and unreasonable dogmatism so as to defend a given ideology, as well as to identify some dogmatic attitudes proper to the scientific establishment:
            Suppressed Science Website
            Richard Milton’s Alternative Science Website

Plasma Cosmology – The extraordinary development of technology which led to our present state of space exploration is providing us a picture of the Cosmos that is quite different to the gravitocentric vision that has been held since Kepler times: the ever-growing observational evidence is clearly pointing to the overwhelmingly electrical nature of astronomical phenomena. Some of what I consider the best resources regarding this fine example of a naturally opposed pending revolution are the following:
        Thunderbolts – Maybe the most comprehensive and definitely the most active source concerning this topic at the moment. Every weekday a new picture depicting some of the fresh new empirical data that is being gathered by our increasingly more powerful instruments is posted, usually along with a comparison between the mainstream interpretation and the one by the Electric Universe paradigm. Contrast the predictions between both models and find out which is the side that is regularly surprised by the new data and which is the one that habitually expects it (a very good resource for the orthodox interpretations and predictions can be found at Nick Strobel’s Astronomy Notes Website).
        Electric-Cosmos – An admirable website from retired electrical engineer Don Scott. True to engineering philosophy, Scott vastly prefers to rely on empirical grounds (via indefinitely scalable plasma laboratory observations as a basis) in order to interpret raw astronomical data, contrary to the multitude of hypothetical mathematical entities routinely proposed by the mainstream model in its interpretations of the actual data.
        Holoscience – This is the homepage of Wal Thornhill, one of the most prolific contemporary researchers on this subject. He is known for pushing further the boundaries of Plasma Cosmology, proposing electrical origins for phenomena such us weather and hurricanes, for example.
        The Plasma Universe – The web resource from Ph.D Anthony Peratt, a leading authority on plasma physics who also has acknowledged the pervasiveness of electrical phenomena at astronomical scales.

The Big Bang – While the reigning cosmological theory has had several problems since its inception, it is a bit pointless to analyze each of them in detail considering the fact that the theory has been empirically falsified many times over. Indeed, there exist numerous independently verifiable refutations, each one of them falsifying the Big Bang’s main pillar: the implausible concept of the “expansion of the Universe”. While many scientists and observers have contributed to this refutation, a good deal of this evidence should be attributed to just one person:
        Halton Arp – Some people have coined the term “modern Galileo” to refer to this man. I believe that a brief overview of the biographies of these two scientists will convince most people that this tag is indeed appropriate. His Seeing Red book is not only a treasure for the raw (uninterpreted) falsifying facts contained therein, but also as support to the adage: “The more things change…”  

Mainstream difficulties
        Dayton Miller's Ether-Drift Experiments: A Fresh Look – An excellent article showcasing Miller’s crucial experimental research which demonstrates the existence of a fluid substrate, which is by itself a straightforward refutation of the medium-less conception of Special Theory of Relativity (for the complete case for a fluid subatomic medium, see the articles section).
        Eric Reiter’s Unquantum – A remarkable empirical demonstration that photons cannot be particles (the original paper which contains all the experimental details can be found here).
        Caroline Thompson’s Website – This resource not only provides a realistic re-interpretation of non-causal “non-locality” but also reminds its visitors of some obscure yet important verifiable facts concerning Modern Physics.

The Living Universe – An inherently fluid conception of physical reality as a whole, together with the notion of an infinite depth of irreducibly unified causal complexity, quite certainly fosters a great sense of the Universe as living (i.e. fundamentally animated). The colossal amount of raw scientific data gathered by Richard Michael Pasichnyk in his “Vital Vastness” book series deeply resonates with this idea, demonstrating ubiquitous symbiotic interconnections between bodies at various levels of scale and showing that many of what are usually considered non-biological structures are very life-like, among other matters. 

David Pratt’s Exploring Theosophy – If the current empirical data bank is re-examined once the materialistic and reductionistic tendencies proper of modern scientific thought are suspended, several notions found in some ancient wisdom teachings (subjective insights) start to make quite a lot of sense. Among some of the most enlightening of these traditions is the the mystical philosophical system called Theosophy. David Pratt’s web resource consists of an interesting collection of very well researched and thought out articles spanning a large amount of diverse topics, where he focuses on observational evidence understood through common sense reasoning and interpreted via a theosophical perspective. 

Ken Wilber Online – Certainly one of the greatest synthesizers of our times, Ken Wilber is the foremost theorist of the so-called Integral Movement. Having labelled himself a mapmaker, he focuses essentially on constructing an “Integral Theory of Consciousness” in which insights of mysticism, postmodernism, science and systems theory harmoniously come together (are integrated) to form a coherent representation of the Cosmos.

Raw Observational evidence for a Self-Similar Cosmos (or maybe just some empirical support for the ancient hermetic principle: "As above, so below; as below, so above")
            The Self-Similar Cosmological Model
            Fractal Universe