Re: CMBR and Horizon Problem

2018-12-25 Thread agrayson2000
On Wednesday, December 26, 2018 at 2:37:59 AM UTC, Brent wrote: > > > > On 12/25/2018 4:42 PM, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: > > > > On Tuesday, December 25, 2018 at 11:26:14 PM UTC, Brent wrote: >> >> >> >> On 12/25/2018 8:01 AM, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: >> >> >> >> On Tuesday, December 25, 201

Re: CMBR and Horizon Problem

2018-12-25 Thread Brent Meeker
On 12/25/2018 4:42 PM, agrayson2...@gmail.com wrote: On Tuesday, December 25, 2018 at 11:26:14 PM UTC, Brent wrote: On 12/25/2018 8:01 AM, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: On Tuesday, December 25, 2018 at 1:16:53 PM UTC, John Clark wrote: On Mon, Dec 24, 2018 at 3:21 PM wro

Re: CMBR and Horizon Problem

2018-12-25 Thread agrayson2000
On Tuesday, December 25, 2018 at 11:26:14 PM UTC, Brent wrote: > > > > On 12/25/2018 8:01 AM, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: > > > > On Tuesday, December 25, 2018 at 1:16:53 PM UTC, John Clark wrote: >> >> On Mon, Dec 24, 2018 at 3:21 PM wrote: >> >> >> You can never prove that any physical quanti

Re: CMBR and Horizon Problem

2018-12-25 Thread Brent Meeker
On 12/25/2018 8:01 AM, agrayson2...@gmail.com wrote: On Tuesday, December 25, 2018 at 1:16:53 PM UTC, John Clark wrote: On Mon, Dec 24, 2018 at 3:21 PM > wrote: >> You can never prove that any physical quantity is exactly zero, but we do know from observations of

Re: Are you smarter than a 5th grade amoeba?

2018-12-25 Thread Lawrence Crowell
I realized this when it turns out that ants can solve a similar NP problem linearly or nearly P when it comes to setting up their tracks. LC On Saturday, December 22, 2018 at 8:09:39 PM UTC-6, Brent wrote: > > Bruno should enjoy this. > > Brent > > > Forwarded Message > > Th

Re: "No black-hole singularities" in an undated loop-quantum-gravity theory

2018-12-25 Thread Lawrence Crowell
The singularity of a black hole represents a change in phase of a system. The path integral defines states of the form |ψ> = Z|0> = ∫D[φ]q e^{-iH(φ)t/ħ}|0>. The partition function in statistical mechanics is of the form Z = sum_n e^{-E_nβ}. The primary differences are the partition function is

Re: CMBR and Horizon Problem

2018-12-25 Thread agrayson2000
On Tuesday, December 25, 2018 at 1:16:53 PM UTC, John Clark wrote: > > On Mon, Dec 24, 2018 at 3:21 PM > wrote: > > >> You can never prove that any physical quantity is exactly zero, but we >>> do know from observations of the cosmic microwave background radiation that >>> if the universe is cu

Re: CMBR and Horizon Problem

2018-12-25 Thread John Clark
On Mon, Dec 24, 2018 at 3:21 PM wrote: >> You can never prove that any physical quantity is exactly zero, but we >> do know from observations of the cosmic microwave background radiation that >> if the universe is curved at all it is by less than one part in 100,000. >> > *> Agreed. However, IMO

Re: What is more primary than numbers?

2018-12-25 Thread Philip Thrift
On Monday, December 24, 2018 at 5:54:41 PM UTC-6, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: > > > > On Monday, December 24, 2018 at 1:16:36 PM UTC, Bruno Marchal wrote: >> >> >> >>> >>> The SE remains always correct. It is only if you make the other >>> “universe" disappearing that the SE is not correct. >>> >