Ooops, sorry for confusing Andre for Adrie...
On Nov 6, 2010, at 7:57 AM, MarshaV wrote: > > > Adrie, > > Now it's In the beginning (and straight from his bucket) is the word of > Adrie... > > I find quantum physics very interesting. At the moment it is in a state of > confusion and paradox. For me it is too early to place money on a > front-runner, > and that would include Stephen Hawking no matter how many times he is > quoted on robertpirsig.org. > > > Marsha > > > > On Nov 5, 2010, at 5:30 PM, ADRIE KINTZIGER wrote: > >> MARSHA introducing Zeno in the postings. >> An experiment published in 1990 suggests that Zeno was right. In >> this experiment, scientists demonstrated the quantum equivalent of >> the adage that "a watched pot doesn't boil." This behavior, the >> "quantum Zeno effect," turns out to be a function of observation. >> "It seems,"said physicist Peter Coveney, "that the act of looking at >> an atom prevents it from changing". Theoretically, if a nuclear bomb >> were watched intently enough -- that is, if you could check its >> atoms every million trillionth of a second -- it wouldn't explode. >> Bizarre? The problem lies not in the experiments but in our way of >> thinking about time. Biocentrism is the only comprehensible way to >> explain these results, which are only "weird" in the context of the >> existing paradigm. >> >> ------- >> >> Pirsig is rejecting this Parmenides-Zeno koan-like occult reality. >> Marsha and Mark are trying to launch it back in. >> Backpeddling to the caves? >> >> This material is based upon the case's evidence. >> ps. Mc Watt is quoting HAWKING a zillion times on his page. >> http://robertpirsig.org/MOQTime.htm see for yourself >> >> greetzz, Adrie. > Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org/md/archives.html
