On Tuesday, February 9, 2021 at 6:18:54 AM UTC-7 [email protected] wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 9, 2021 at 5:56 AM Alan Grayson <[email protected]> wrote: > > *>>> Consider a system with two possible states with probabilities 30% and >>>> 70% before measurement.* >>>> >>> >>> >> OK, then if there were 10 observers 3 would see X and 7 would see Y. >>> >> >> *> I said BEFORE MEASUREMENT! AG* >> > > What about measurement?! > You don't "see" anything prior to measurement. AG > > > *Try this. For a test mass m, and a gravitating mass M at rest, >> calculate the PE from R = 0 to R = inf, and compare that to the rest mass >> of the gravitating mass. Do you get precisely zero? How do you handle the >> fact that the potential used in the calculation blows up at R = 0? AG* >> > > The potential energy is 0 - G*M^2)/R , so the larger R gets the closer it > comes to zero. > Since the potential function goes as 1/R, how do you get 0 at R = 0? AG > > *> Incidentally, the Wiki link you posted on the Zero Energy Universe says >> the theory remains unproven. AG* >> > > Of course the idea is unproven, nobody is sure what Dark Energy is, all > I'm saying is it's logically consistent and plausible. > Not what you said. You presented the theory as if were fact. AG > It could be that Dark Energy is not the result of the intrinsic energy of > empty space at all but it is caused by something else called > "Quintessence", a hypothetical scalar field that unlike vacuum energy can > change in strength over time and could be either repulsive or attractive. > If it turns out the Quintessence is real then the final fate of the > universe is either the Big Rip, if it's repulsive force increases, or the > Big Crunch, if it's repulsive effect changes to attractive. > > John K Clark See what's on my new list at Extropolis > <https://groups.google.com/g/extropolis> > > . > > > > -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/cb0eb88f-dd54-44bb-bfe9-648338b50814n%40googlegroups.com.
