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I don't want to be obnoxious, but this is the same experiment I described in my previous post about tunneling, and it is completely accounted for by Classical Physics, no Quantum…
20 Aug 2003, 15:14
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It doesn't connect. EPR has to do with Entanglement, which is unique to the mathematical structure of QM. Tunneling is another aspect of wave mechanics which happens to carry o…
19 Aug 2003, 19:18
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The fact I believe you are trying to get at is the concept that group velocity and phase velocity are distinct. This is not directly Quantum Mechanics, per se, just wave mechani…
19 Aug 2003, 18:50
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As I recall when I first read New Sun, my exact thought was that Severian was straining to describe something Quantum Mechanical. My copy of Shadow & Claw is out on loan collect…
19 Aug 2003, 18:34
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Sorry about that; to me the 'H' has always seems more or less self-mocking, displaying an awareness that the speaker is as much of a buffoon as the next person. I do have strong…
19 Aug 2003, 03:57
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IMHO, Wolfe "cobbled" rather well. One of the many things I appreciate about Gene Wolfe's writing is the way he deals with science. Since none of the major "authors" in the Sun…
19 Aug 2003, 01:05
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Completely orthogonal question. I'm saying that with sufficient technology to deliver large amounts of power, the generational starship is no longer a realistic story. Although…
18 Aug 2003, 18:59
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Strictly speaking there are only technological barriers preventing the subjective duration from being as small as desired. Practically speaking, however, I can only offer a "yup…
18 Aug 2003, 15:44
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Not to mention they had to "translate" that there Harry Potter for us colonials queuing up to purchase it. :) Michael…
18 Aug 2003, 15:27
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But if all of 300 million people in the US alone had 12 self-published novels, how would one decide what was worth reading? A hierarchy will still present itself with, perhaps m…
14 Aug 2003, 15:29
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