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passive_fist comments on How do you tell proto-science from pseudo-science? - Less Wrong Discussion

5 Post author: DataPacRat 27 November 2013 07:15PM

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Comment author: passive_fist 28 November 2013 01:53:43AM 3 points [-]

As others have said, it really depends what level you're on and what you're interested in. At the very least I recommend familiarity with quantum field theories before even attempting to touch more speculative physics. This includes general Yang-Mills theories and their algebraic underpinnings.