On 20 Sep 2014, at 5:10 am, John Clark <[email protected]> wrote:
> Then why didn't Plato discover Quantum Mechanics 2500 years ago? Because no > sane person would propose such a crazy idea if they weren't forced to do so > by the crazy outcome of certain experiments. > > John K Clark He did! The shadow cast on the wall of the cave was something he was prepared to doubt. Just as, much later, Young's two-slit experiment cast the shadows of doubt about the structure of reality. He was prepared to doubt common sense and indeed the evidence of his senses. He was in an Everettian/Galilean headspace when he did that. He found a much larger reality must exist than is more real than he could perceive. He may not have formalised it but he could not ignore it. Plato didn't so much discover QM as fall headlong into it. K > ============================ Kim Jones B.Mus.GDTL Email: [email protected] Mobile: 0450 963 719 Landline: 02 9389 4239 Web: http://www.eportfolio.kmjcommp.com "Never let your schooling get in the way of your education" - Mark Twain -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
