Quantum Computers

2020-04-16 Thread John Clark
In today's issue of the journal Nature there is a article about a Silicon based Quantum Computer that operates at temperatures as high as 1.25 degrees Kelvin with an error rate of only 0.7%. That may seem pretty cold but previous Silicon based Quantum Computers, the type corporate investors like

Re: Inflation and the total size of the universe

2020-04-16 Thread John Clark
On Thu, Apr 16, 2020 at 3:51 PM Alan Grayson wrote: > *>It surely does have a basis in experience. We've never seen any process > that can occur in zero time duration! AG * > Therefore one should be extremely cautious about confidently asserting what can and can not happen during zero time

Re: Inflation and the total size of the universe

2020-04-16 Thread Alan Grayson
On Thursday, April 16, 2020 at 1:32:23 PM UTC-6, Brent wrote: > > > > On 4/16/2020 6:07 AM, Alan Grayson wrote: > > But what seems impossible is for our universe to begin at some > > instant, and being infinite in spatial extent at that instant-- which > > is what Clark asserts. AG > > Why

Re: Inflation and the total size of the universe

2020-04-16 Thread 'Brent Meeker' via Everything List
On 4/16/2020 6:07 AM, Alan Grayson wrote: But what seems impossible is for our universe to begin at some instant, and being infinite in spatial extent at that instant-- which is what Clark asserts. AG Why does that seem more impossible than beginning at a finite size from nothing at some

Re: Inflation and the total size of the universe

2020-04-16 Thread Alan Grayson
On Thursday, April 16, 2020 at 5:50:27 AM UTC-6, Lawrence Crowell wrote: > > On Wednesday, April 15, 2020 at 8:50:35 PM UTC-5, Alan Grayson wrote: >> >> >> >> On Sunday, April 12, 2020 at 5:46:46 PM UTC-6, Lawrence Crowell wrote: >>> >>> On Saturday, April 11, 2020 at 6:30:00 PM UTC-5, Alan

Re: Inflation and the total size of the universe

2020-04-16 Thread Alan Grayson
On Thursday, April 16, 2020 at 6:09:06 AM UTC-6, Quentin Anciaux wrote: > > > > Le jeu. 16 avr. 2020 à 03:43, Alan Grayson > a écrit : > >> >> >> On Wednesday, April 15, 2020 at 7:25:50 AM UTC-6, John Clark wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> On Tue, Apr 14, 2020 at 4:27 PM Alan Grayson >>> wrote: >>> >>>

Re: Inflation and the total size of the universe

2020-04-16 Thread Quentin Anciaux
Le jeu. 16 avr. 2020 à 03:43, Alan Grayson a écrit : > > > On Wednesday, April 15, 2020 at 7:25:50 AM UTC-6, John Clark wrote: >> >> >> >> On Tue, Apr 14, 2020 at 4:27 PM Alan Grayson wrote: >> >> *> If you solve Schroedinger's equation for the wf, you get a solution >>> for all space and time.

Re: Inflation and the total size of the universe

2020-04-16 Thread Lawrence Crowell
On Wednesday, April 15, 2020 at 8:50:35 PM UTC-5, Alan Grayson wrote: > > > > On Sunday, April 12, 2020 at 5:46:46 PM UTC-6, Lawrence Crowell wrote: >> >> On Saturday, April 11, 2020 at 6:30:00 PM UTC-5, Alan Grayson wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> On Saturday, April 11, 2020 at 3:36:28 PM UTC-6, Lawrence

Re: Position-Momentum vs. Time-Energy Uncertainty

2020-04-16 Thread Bruce Kellett
On Thu, Apr 16, 2020 at 3:59 PM 'Brent Meeker' via Everything List < everything-list@googlegroups.com> wrote: > On 4/15/2020 10:37 PM, Alan Grayson wrote: > > > Can you give a concrete example where the time-energy form of the UP can > be applied to? I once had an example, but can't recall what