At 01:27 PM 6/5/99 -0600, you wrote: >The simplest example of the effect of the observer on a system is the >application of a voltmeter to a circuit. Regardless of how high the >input resistance of the meter, it will draw a little current and change the >system voltage in the process of observing. > >See Also: http://www.trufax.org/arknexus/welcome.html > >Be attentive to what you think; give great care to where you allow you >attention to dwell. > >James Osbourne, Holmes >~~~~~~ Awesome website! What else do you have up your sleeve...
~^^V^^~ >[email protected] > >-----Original Message----- >From: Vilik Rapheles [SMTP:[email protected]] >Sent: Saturday, June 05, 1999 1:26 PM >To: [email protected]; [email protected] >Subject: CS>Couldn't resist... > >More on killer mice, the scientific method, and "reality".... >~~~~~~~ >According to quantum physics (as explained in Gary Zukav's The Dancing Wu >Li >Masters), the experimenter and the experiment CANNOT be separated. He >says: > >"The new physics, quantum mechanics, tells us clearly that it is not >possible >to observe reality without changing it. If we observe a certain particle >collision experiement, not only do we have no way of proving that the >result >would have been the same if we had not been watching it, all that we know >indicates that it would not have been the same because the result that we >got >was affected by the fact that we were looking for it. Some experiments >show >that light is wave-like. Other experiements show equally well that light >is >particle-like. If we want to demonstrate that light is a particle-like >phenomenon or that light is a wave-like pheonomenon, we only need to select >the appropriate experiment. According to quantum mechanics, there is no >such >thing as objectivity. We cannot eliminate ourselves from the picture. We >are a part of nature, and when we study nature there is no way around the >fact that nature is studying itself." >>>_______________________________________________ >> >> *** complete *** >> >> > > >-- >The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. > >To join or quit silver-list or silver-digest send an e-mail message to: >[email protected] -or- [email protected] >with the word subscribe or unsubscribe in the SUBJECT line. > >To post, address your message to: [email protected] > >List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]> > > >-- >The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. > >To join or quit silver-list or silver-digest send an e-mail message to: >[email protected] -or- [email protected] >with the word subscribe or unsubscribe in the SUBJECT line. > >To post, address your message to: [email protected] > >List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]> > > > -- The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. To join or quit silver-list or silver-digest send an e-mail message to: [email protected] -or- [email protected] with the word subscribe or unsubscribe in the SUBJECT line. To post, address your message to: [email protected] List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]>
