Well, then entertainment must be good for something!! :-) The problem isn't the entertainment really, it's turning it into the cake rather than treating it as icing. I think that's basically why Bohr decided to say QM violated causation, not because saying so had any effect but just because it was a gamey idea and he could prove it couldn't be disproved...
One of my dad's favorite kinds of teaching tricks was to lead people into expectations as they were watching lab demonstrations. Take a pendulum, rigged to swing the whole width of the front lab bench in a lecture hall. To demonstrate the conservation of energy he'd stand at one end of the bench and bring it up to his nose and let it swing across the room. IF he was careful and stood still, it would swing all the way across and back, stopping mysteriously within an inch of his nose! Phil Henshaw ¸¸¸¸.·´ ¯ `·.¸¸¸¸ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 680 Ft. Washington Ave NY NY 10040 tel: 212-795-4844 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] explorations: www.synapse9.com > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Marcus G. Daniels > Sent: Saturday, October 14, 2006 11:13 PM > To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group > Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Beyond Freakonomics: New Musings on the > Economics ofEveryday Life > > > Phil Henshaw wrote: > > These are hazards anyone with an knack for entertainment > stumbles into > > I think. It's too tempting. > I remember you once saying that the news is mostly for > entertainment -- > in some circles science is too... > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org > > ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org
