Andre,
Now it's In the beginning (and straight from his bucket) is the word of Andre... 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
