Nick Arnett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: Killer Bs (David Brin et al) Discussion <[email protected]>
> Sent: Sunday, September 21, 2008 8:33:20 AM
> Subject: Re: Science and Ideals.
>
> On Sun, Sep 21, 2008 at 8:28 AM, John Williams
> wrote:
>
> > Nick Arnett
> >
> >
> > > This seems to me to be a bit like Newtonian v. quantum physics. The
> > former
> > > is fine for gross measurements, the latter for fine ones... and the two
> > > haven't been reconciled.
> >
> > Skipped Physics 101, did you?
>
>
> If it included a TOE, then yes, I did.
>
> But maybe "reconciled" is the wrong word.
I find it sad how many people here speak with great authority about that which
they obviously do not know.
Quantum mechanics and Newtonian physics reconcile perfectly. Quantum mechanics
describes all of Newtonian physics as well as quantum phenomena. Newtonian
physics
is a subset of quantum physics that provides a convenient approximation of most
large
scale phenomena.
Bringing a theory of everything in simply confuses matters. I don't know what
your college
physics class taught, but mine covered the situation with general relativity
and quantum
mechanics, which indeed are not reconciled. But that has nothing to do with
Newtonian
physics.
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