On 2 Sep, 03:56, archytas <[email protected]> wrote:
> The fundamental laws of physics don't say that time should only move
> forwards. Yet we never see any reversal of time. The arrow of time may
> be the result of quantum-mechanical amnesia that erases any trace that
> time has moved backwards.
Nah, if I'm right, then it's bvecause the graviton expands rather than
contracts.
>In the world of large-scale objects,
> increasing entropy is associated with the flow of heat, which always
> goes from a hot object to a colder one. Change in entropy can also be
> described as a flow of information: the higher the entropy of a
> system, the less information it contains. In the quantum world, a box
> full of particles gains entropy – and loses information – when it
> becomes more entangled with the outside world. An outsider who
> observes the box may become more entangled with it. This entanglement
> – which involves the loss of information in the particles – increases
> the information available to the observer. In this context, the
> unceasing growth of entropy, and hence the second law of
> thermodynamics, may be just an illusion, an artefact of quantum
> mechanics. The laws of quantum mechanics are time-symmetric, which
> means that time can flow both forwards and backwards. If you analyse
> [the laws] carefully, you'll see that all the processes where things
> run backwards can happen, but they don't leave any trace of having
> happened. In systems in which entropy has decreased, the connections
> or correlations between events and observers is wiped out. Lacking
> this information, observers like us cannot see such an event (Physical
> Review Letters, vol 103, p 080401). Humpty Dumpty may reassemble
> himself, but we do not see this happen because the information about
> such events is not preserved. It's as if such information is, in
> effect, erased from our memory. We have no evidence yet that nature
> behaves quantum mechanically at larger scales. Being creatures of
> habit, we are trained to have only memories of the past. It is
> possible to conceive we could biologically change this. I personally
> find the idea of watching Jenkins unmaking omelettes to Floyd
> unplaying bricks in walls rather distressing, especially when hungry.
> Harrington did promise an answer by Tuesday and appears to have let us
> down or caused a severe bout of quantum-mechanical amnesia by
> unburning black candles.
>
> On 28 Aug, 20:24, Chris Jenkins <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
>
> > As a quick aside on Pink Floyd...
> > I listen to Pandora, as I love the Music Genome project for finding me new
> > and interesting music based on my existing tastes. I find nothing works as
> > well for accurately predicting what I'll like. However, my Pink Floyd
> > channel invariably serves up Pink Floyd more than anything else. They're
> > just one of a kind.
>
> > On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 10:16 AM, [email protected] <
>
> > [email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > Bwahahaha!
>
> > > On 28 Aug, 15:15, Chris Jenkins <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > > ...is the ENGLISH way... ;)
>
> > > > On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 10:12 AM, frantheman <
> > > [email protected]>wrote:
>
> > > > >http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntm1YfehK7U
>
> > > > > "hanging on in quiet desperation ..."
>
> > > > > Francis
>
> > > > > On 28 Aug., 14:00, Pat <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > > > > I'll leave you, this weekend, to ponder how time works. Because we
> > > > > > exist at the very edge of the expansion of Space-Time, we are able
> > > > > > to
> > > > > > experience the actual movement as the bow-wave rushes forward
> > > (through
> > > > > > the ether). The expansion of Space-Time draws energy forward
> > > > > > through
> > > > > > the ether and drags us with it, as we are nothing but part of the
> > > > > > energy that is. Because of the way space-time works, in that space
> > > and
> > > > > > time are relative to one's place in it and to the free movement of
> > > > > > energy (C), it 'appears' from our vantage point that space-time is
> > > > > > expanding away from us. But that is because of how relativity
> > > > > > 'appears' when existing on the edge of the expansion. It's really
> > > > > > that simple, we're riding the wave of the expansion and that's why
> > > > > > we
> > > > > > experience the motion itself. That which is experienced is always
> > > > > > on
> > > > > > that leading edge of the expansion. And that's why we perceive
> > > 'now'.
>
> > > > > > Have a great weekend, All!!- Hide quoted text -
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