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Forum: Computers, Math, Science, and Technology Topic: Quantum theorem shakes foundations |
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Posted: 05 Nov 2012, 9:58 pm
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Replies: 36
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| Just published, this was a recent experiment test of PBR theorem to determine the epistemic versus ontic status of ψ: If a physicist claims to have produced a system with a particular wave function, does this represent directly a physical wave of some kind, or is the wave function merely a summ... |
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Forum: Computers, Math, Science, and Technology Topic: Looking Beyond Space and Time to Cope With Quantum Theory |
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Posted: 02 Nov 2012, 4:34 pm
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| What do it mean for a part of the Universe to be "connected" instantly with another if it exclude FTL comminication? The just of the article is that the hidden/private quantum signals that exist between entangled particles/systems cannot remain hidden if the speed of these "private lines" is anythi... |
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Forum: Computers, Math, Science, and Technology Topic: Looking Beyond Space and Time to Cope With Quantum Theory |
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Posted: 02 Nov 2012, 3:56 pm
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| Interesting, a Bell-like inequality for hidden variables and non-local influences between entangled particles. Yet, quantum mechanics seems to predict the violation of that inequality as well. Well, there goes Bohm's interpretation of quantum mechanics. This isn't accurate. It doesn't affect Bohmia... |
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Forum: Computers, Math, Science, and Technology Topic: Looking Beyond Space and Time to Cope With Quantum Theory |
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Posted: 30 Oct 2012, 8:18 pm
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| This was just published in Nature Physics . It argues that barring loopholes (unlikely), if the non-local effects observed in Bell-type experiments propagate at any finite speed, then non-locality could be exploited for superluminal communication ('can't stay hidden'): The new hidden influence inequ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: What is the difference between NT introvert and an aspie? |
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Posted: 15 Oct 2012, 3:30 pm
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| There are a few papers suggesting that introversion is a milder/non-clinical form of Autism: The conceptualization of the personality construct of introversion has been problematic since the term’s inception due to the complexity and seemingly self-contradictory nature of the collection of attribute... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: First week with Lexapro |
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Posted: 24 Sep 2012, 6:37 pm
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Replies: 23
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| I've been on it for over 2 years. No side-effects at all. Not much noticeable effect on anxiety. Although it rarely occurs, I experienced increased sex drive. Usually the opposite occurs. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Clonazepam an Aspie's happy pill |
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Posted: 17 Sep 2012, 3:11 pm
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| I was on it for 8 years. It helped with anxiety but made me sleepy and a bit forgetful. Eventually I did build up tolerance to it and abused it so my doctor switched me to lexapro (Cipralex) in Canada. |
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Forum: Computers, Math, Science, and Technology Topic: Do Black Holes REALLY exist after all? |
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Posted: 17 Aug 2012, 2:34 pm
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Replies: 33
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| Some interesting papers discussing this issue: A. Against/avoiding singularities : There is no horizon, from which no escape of matter or radiation is possible and black holes as singular points of infinite density cannot exist. Instead every spherically symmetric gravitational collapse can find a f... |
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Forum: Computers, Math, Science, and Technology Topic: Quantum theorem shakes foundations |
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Posted: 09 Aug 2012, 8:51 pm
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Replies: 36
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| Too much concern with philosophical matters will cause Brain Rot. Without interpretation, physics is just a piece of mathematics. Not very interesting to me, any way. Even Fuchs who paid lip service to "Quantum theory needs no interpretation" recently acknowledged trhe importance of interpretation/... |
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Forum: Computers, Math, Science, and Technology Topic: Quantum theorem shakes foundations |
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Posted: 07 Aug 2012, 9:54 pm
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| A pretty good free download book on the merits or lack there of can be found below. For a pretty good critical position see Maudlin's Chapter 4: "Can the World be Only Wavefunction?" Many Worlds? Everett, Quantum Theory, and Reality http://bacon.umcs.lublin.pl/~lukasik/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Man... |
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Forum: Computers, Math, Science, and Technology Topic: Quantum theorem shakes foundations |
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Posted: 06 Aug 2012, 1:40 am
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| Another interesing write-up in Nature on the PBR no-go theorem: The paper, thought by some to be one of the most important in quantum foundations in decades, was finally published last week in Nature Physics (M. F. Pusey, J. Barrett & T. Rudolph Nature Phys. http://www.nature.com/nphys/journal/v... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Do i have asperger's or social anxiety? |
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Posted: 01 Aug 2012, 6:12 pm
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| See useful diagrams in this thread in SAD forum (post 3 + 5) that kind of helps differentiate between the two: I've been diagnosed with Aspergers syndrome. I think I'm starting to accept it. http://www.socialanxietysupport.com/forum/f33/ive-been-diagnosed-with-aspergers-syndrome-i-think-im-starting-... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Anyone feels "greedy" about learning/knowledge? |
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Posted: 01 Aug 2012, 3:01 pm
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| Sometimes it gets so bad that I feel like other people/social stuff/work/family are a total and unwanted distraction. And when I get disturbed I get very annoyed. The only thing is I need is breaks for food, washroom, sex and observe or walk in natural landscapes. The weird thing is that when I was ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Anyone feels "greedy" about learning/knowledge? |
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Posted: 31 Jul 2012, 11:28 pm
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| I'm not sure if this is normal but I think I'm obsessed about learning/reading stuff, to the point that I feel greedy and wanting to drown in it, kind like some people would feel when they find a huge chest of gold. It's not all learning just certain science/philosophy of sciene stuff. Even at work,... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: time and mathematics |
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Posted: 29 Jul 2012, 5:18 pm
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Replies: 19
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| I'm kind of persuaded by those that suggest that math ability like other cognitive abilities are biologically-given, innate structures. The argument (at least with those who view mathematics as a cognitive module of our mind/brain) is that both language and mathematics have the property of "discrete... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Free Will |
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Posted: 20 Jul 2012, 1:48 pm
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Replies: 28
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| I think that people who talk about "free will" are basically just confused. If you carefully pick apart the concepts surrounding the issue, you find that people actually agree on the relevant facts. FACT 1: My behaviour, as seen from the outside, is entirely consistent with physical laws. FACT 2: I... |
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