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On 7/12/2011 12:38 PM, Herbert Foster wrote:
> Now, Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle states that the more certain you are
> about something (e.g. momentum of particle), the less certain you are about
> something else (e.g. position of particle). So what ARE you sure about your 
> horn
> playing?
>
> Let's see. I'm sure about, umm...
>
> Herb Foster
>
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> ________________________________
> From: Bill Gross<[email protected]>
> To: The Horn List<[email protected]>
> Sent: Mon, July 11, 2011 6:55:06 AM
> Subject: Re: [Hornlist] Send in the clones...
>
> Oh I find a wonderful convergence in my horn playing and the work of
> Heisenberg, there is uncertainty in almost every note I play.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf
> Of Daniel Canarutto
> Sent: Monday, July 11, 2011 5:44 AM
> To: The Horn List
> Subject: Re: [Hornlist] Send in the clones...
>
> Please, please, we agreed to drop that.
> Such issues ought to be discussed seriously, otherwise let's stay horn
> related.
> What would you say to somebody wanting to discuss horn technique, but
> having just a vague idea of what a horn is?
> And, William, you should think before writing down numbers...
> this is a perfect example of nonsense:
>> it would probably be 99.99999% similar, which is almost 100% similar
> What do you say, do we drop it or not?
>
> Daniel
>
>
> On 10Jul 2011, at 22:14 , [email protected] wrote:
>
>> I wasn't taking that into account. Yes, there are problems at the
>> quantum level, I agree, but I'm not talking about a quantum copy.
>> I'm talking about a molecular copy.
>>
>> Strange things happen on the quantum level, but the probabilities
>> average out as you gain more and more particles such that the chair
>> you are sitting in will be solid enough even though one out of every
>> few trillion 'seatings' you could very well fall through the chair.
>> My opinion is that if you could make a molecular copy of a Strad
>> (organic compounds included) it would probably be 99.99999% similar,
>> which is almost 100% similar - and you probably wouldn't be able to
>> tell any difference whatsoever. The differences are clearly shown in
>> Chemistry. Say, for example, one has one atom of Copper, it would be
>> difficult to know the precise position, location of the particle let
>> alone sub atomic particles. However, with a few Mols of the stuff,
>> you really don't have to worry so much about the density changing,
>> or coefficient of thermal expansion changing, etc. In fact, an
>> entire modern world has been built with near certitude in mind that
>> steel will hold when you make a bridge, that
>> Iron will rust, that densities of materials are pretty much known,
>> etc. We have yet to record any substantial object teleporting itself
>> under controlled conditions to another location due to quantum
>> physics - although it is possible with a very small probability, I
>> suppose.
>>
>> Industry is made on QA of complex machinery and complex materials
>> such that producing millions of the same object yields pretty good
>> consistency overall.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Yes, the quantum world is quite different, but the larger world of
>> Newtonian physics is sound enough that I am pretty sure I shouldn't
>> leave my house every morning through my 2nd story window - assuming
>> I had a 2nd story. A Strad has enough molecules in it that assuming
>> you could make an exact copy molecule for molecule, you wouldn't be
>> able to tell the difference.
>>
>> I realize this is just a thought experiment as we don't have the
>> technology to do it - but who knows. one day we might.
>>
>> -William
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