Mermin doesn't start too promisingly...
My complete answer to the late 19th century question “what is
electrodynamics trying to tell us” would simply be this:
*Fields in empty space have physical reality; the medium that supports them
does not. *
Having thus removed the mystery from
On the plus side, this only correlations idea reminds me of the idea that
fundamental particles don't actually exist but are really only the binding
energy holding them together...
:-)
On 23 April 2014 20:48, LizR lizj...@gmail.com wrote:
Mermin doesn't start too promisingly...
My complete
Hi Liz,
The billions make sense to me, to be honest. Even before the earth, we
still didn't exist. It sounds like poetic liberty for a mind blowing
amount of time.
Cheers
Telmo.
On Wed, Apr 23, 2014 at 4:23 AM, LizR lizj...@gmail.com wrote:
I was just a bit surprised at his use of billions
On Tue, Apr 22, 2014 at 2:03 AM, Pierz pier...@gmail.com wrote:
Just came across this presentation:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEaecUuEqfc
It's a bit long, but I'd be interested to hear anyone's thoughts who is
knowledgeable on QM. I don't follow the maths, but I kind of got the gist.
On 23 April 2014 22:29, Telmo Menezes te...@telmomenezes.com wrote:
Hi Liz,
The billions make sense to me, to be honest. Even before the earth, we
still didn't exist. It sounds like poetic liberty for a mind blowing
amount of time.
Sure, but I think at the time millions of years was a
Oh, and to really stick my neck out, I think the phrase billions and
billions became a cliché through Carl Sagan using it in the TV programme
Cosmos so I suspect (but have zero proof) that this quote is attributed
to Sam Clemens but is in fact either made up or misquoted. My theory is
that someone
Actually Sagan may not have used the phrase billions and billions but it
(too?) may have been a misquote that came to be associated with him (like
play it again, Sam and beam me up, Scotty!)
On 23 April 2014 23:16, LizR lizj...@gmail.com wrote:
Oh, and to really stick my neck out, I think the
On Wed, Apr 23, 2014 at 1:16 PM, LizR lizj...@gmail.com wrote:
Oh, and to really stick my neck out, I think the phrase billions and
billions became a cliché through Carl Sagan using it in the TV programme
Cosmos so I suspect (but have zero proof) that this quote is attributed
to Sam Clemens
On Wed, Apr 23, 2014 at 1:19 PM, LizR lizj...@gmail.com wrote:
Actually Sagan may not have used the phrase billions and billions but it
(too?) may have been a misquote that came to be associated with him (like
play it again, Sam and beam me up, Scotty!)
Oops, sorry for stepping on your toes
On Tuesday, April 22, 2014 11:12:53 PM UTC+10, Brent wrote:
On 4/22/2014 4:54 AM, Pierz wrote:
Thanks Brent. I read Mermin and am both wiser and none-the. It seems to me
in this paper he is chickening out by saying that QM shouldn't really think
about the conscious observer,
On Wednesday, April 23, 2014 6:48:09 PM UTC+10, Liz R wrote:
Mermin doesn't start too promisingly...
My complete answer to the late 19th century question “what is
electrodynamics trying to tell us” would simply be this:
*Fields in empty space have physical reality; the medium that
On Wed, Apr 23, 2014 at 7:08 AM, LizR lizj...@gmail.com wrote:
On 23 April 2014 22:29, Telmo Menezes te...@telmomenezes.com wrote:
Hi Liz,
The billions make sense to me, to be honest. Even before the earth, we
still didn't exist. It sounds like poetic liberty for a mind blowing
amount of
On 22 Apr 2014, at 05:27, 'Chris de Morsella cdemorse...@yahoo.com'
via Everything List wrote:
At some level, there is only that, which is personally
experienced... each has to know God on their own, by their own way,
in their own heart. No one can - beyond, perhaps pointing out the
On 23 Apr 2014, at 13:33, Pierz wrote:
On Tuesday, April 22, 2014 11:12:53 PM UTC+10, Brent wrote:
On 4/22/2014 4:54 AM, Pierz wrote:
Thanks Brent. I read Mermin and am both wiser and none-the. It
seems to me in this paper he is chickening out by saying that QM
shouldn't really think
On Wed, Apr 23, 2014 at 6:10 PM, Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be wrote:
On 23 Apr 2014, at 13:33, Pierz wrote:
On Tuesday, April 22, 2014 11:12:53 PM UTC+10, Brent wrote:
On 4/22/2014 4:54 AM, Pierz wrote:
Thanks Brent. I read Mermin and am both wiser and none-the. It seems to
me in
On 23 Apr 2014, at 13:08, LizR wrote:
On 23 April 2014 22:29, Telmo Menezes te...@telmomenezes.com wrote:
Hi Liz,
The billions make sense to me, to be honest. Even before the
earth, we still didn't exist. It sounds like poetic liberty for a
mind blowing amount of time.
Sure, but I think
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On 23 Apr 2014, at 13:08, LizR wrote:
On 23
On 23 Apr 2014, at 13:56, Pierz wrote:
On Wednesday, April 23, 2014 6:48:09 PM UTC+10, Liz R wrote:
Mermin doesn't start too promisingly...
My complete answer to the late 19th century question what is
electrodynamics trying to tell us would simply be this:
Fields in empty space have
On 23 Apr 2014, at 14:42, Jesse Mazer and Liz wrote:
snip
Annihilation has no terrors for me, because I have already tried it
before I was born--a hundred million years--and I have suffered more
in an hour, in this life, than I remember to have suffered in the
whole hundred million
On 23 Apr 2014, at 14:42, Jesse Mazer wrote:
On Wed, Apr 23, 2014 at 7:08 AM, LizR lizj...@gmail.com wrote:
On 23 April 2014 22:29, Telmo Menezes te...@telmomenezes.com wrote:
Hi Liz,
The billions make sense to me, to be honest. Even before the
earth, we still didn't exist. It sounds like
On 23 Apr 2014, at 18:29, Platonist Guitar Cowboy wrote:
On Wed, Apr 23, 2014 at 6:10 PM, Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be
wrote:
On 23 Apr 2014, at 13:33, Pierz wrote:
On Tuesday, April 22, 2014 11:12:53 PM UTC+10, Brent wrote:
On 4/22/2014 4:54 AM, Pierz wrote:
Thanks Brent. I
On 23 April 2014 17:25, Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be wrote:
Samuel Clemens? Was is not Mark Twain? I missed a post perhaps.
Same guy, different name.
David
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On 4/23/2014 3:29 AM, Telmo Menezes wrote:
Hi Liz,
The billions make sense to me, to be honest. Even before the earth, we still didn't
exist. It sounds like poetic liberty for a mind blowing amount of time.
Cheers
Telmo.
It makes sense, but millions makes sense too and I think Liz is right
On 4/23/2014 4:23 AM, Telmo Menezes wrote:
On Wed, Apr 23, 2014 at 1:19 PM, LizR lizj...@gmail.com
mailto:lizj...@gmail.com wrote:
Actually Sagan may not have used the phrase billions and billions but it
(too?)
may have been a misquote that came to be associated with him (like play
On 23 Apr 2014, at 18:49, 'Chris de Morsella cdemorse...@yahoo.com'
via Everything List wrote:
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On 4/23/2014 4:33 AM, Pierz wrote:
On Tuesday, April 22, 2014 11:12:53 PM UTC+10, Brent wrote:
On 4/22/2014 4:54 AM, Pierz wrote:
Thanks Brent. I read Mermin and am both wiser and none-the. It seems to me
in this
paper he is chickening out by saying that QM shouldn't really
Yes, in a sense. The Chinese do the virtuous because the must, because their
cities are choking. Along with looking out strictly for themselves, by
installing better tech, the AGW carbon cycle can ease, although there is much
more to do, its still a step. And, no gestapo governments needed to
On 4/23/2014 9:49 AM, 'Chris de Morsella cdemorse...@yahoo.com' via
Everything List wrote:
Do someone know the estimate of the age of the universe at the time of Mark Twain?
Einstein though it was infinite, and I thought that many physicists (including believer
in Big Bang(s)) don't exclude
On 4/23/2014 11:22 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote:
==
Annihilation has no terrors for me, because
I have already tried it before I was born--a
hundred million years--and I have suffered
more in an hour, in this life, than I remember
to have suffered in the whole
On 24 April 2014 00:42, Jesse Mazer laserma...@gmail.com wrote:
On Wed, Apr 23, 2014 at 7:08 AM, LizR lizj...@gmail.com wrote:
On 23 April 2014 22:29, Telmo Menezes te...@telmomenezes.com wrote:
Hi Liz,
The billions make sense to me, to be honest. Even before the earth, we
still didn't
On 24 April 2014 04:25, Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be wrote:
Samuel Clemens? Was is not Mark Twain? I missed a post perhaps.
Oops. They are the same person (Twain was Clemens' pseudonym). I thought it
was common knowledge, perhaps because I read the Riverworld series by
Philip Jose Farmer.
On 24 April 2014 08:52, spudboy...@aol.com via Everything List
everything-list@googlegroups.com wrote:
Yes, in a sense. The Chinese do the virtuous because the must, because
their cities are choking. Along with looking out strictly for themselves,
by installing better tech, the AGW carbon
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On 4/23/2014 9:49 AM, 'Chris de Morsella
The Time Machine gives an instight into what the educated person of the
time thought. The time traveller first visits the year 800,000 or
thereabouts, when various features of the present day are still in evidence
(e.g. humans, evolved into Eloi and Morlocks), then journeys to a point
where the
I also recommend the short story Tonight the sky will fall by Daniel F
Galouye (in the collection Space Opera edited by Brian Aldiss)
On 9 February 2014 13:47, LizR lizj...@gmail.com wrote:
Not sure if that's a recommendation or just a chance to let off steam
but anyway - thanks, I will try
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