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Originally posted by ImaFungi
Originally posted by Spectral Norm
There are two things that I find very strange about quantum mechanics, and this after years of study of the technical details and especially the mathematical formalism:
1. Quantum mechanics forces one into making a choice between determinism and locality. That is, if you want a theory with nice local interactions, finite signal speeds, etc., then you have to give up the idea that physical quantities are deterministic. Or, if you want a theory that has nice deterministic features, e.g., the electron has a momentum even if we don't measure it, then you have to give up on locality. You can't have both. Most physicists seem to prefer locality. But this creates a problem:
I think it has to do with the massive amounts of bits of information or particles in every square cm of the universe, and these all have their own masses, plus physical details like velocity and angular momentum, and these values flux minutely or greatly every pico second and planks length. And they are all traveling through space and time, though at relatively different velocities, yet there has arisen a macro stability, an upper bound of potential things the lesser parts can interact to create, on a major macro scale that is prevalent, galaxies, stars, planets, on a micro scale that is seen with the consistent formulation of atoms, and then somewhere in the middle chemistry and biology get to be really complex.
But yea, I think the only reason the universe cant have deterministic features, is because it is computing using the physical variables in real time, and every bit has to respond to every other bit at every moment, and they do this at different speeds, so they move every which way, and it is really a bit of chaos at that level. But at the same time, I will say that it is deterministic because I am under the impression that only consciousness can make a choice. That means that all inanimate material, particles, everything, is determined to do exactly what it is doing at exactly every moment by everything else that can physically effect it in its local area, since the conditions of the pre big bang/big bang.
Originally posted by ErtaiNaGia
reply to post by rickymouse
Relativists always back peddle when some new discovery proves einstein wrong...
They are like the Climate change Fundamentalists.
Originally posted by AllIsOne
reply to post by XPLodER
The article clearly states that 10'000 FTL is the lower limit. The exact speed is totally unknown. It might as well be instantaneous. They don't know and likely won't know for a long time
Originally posted by litterbaux
Just by looking at the evidence we are provided by with our surroundings, one thing really stands out to me. Atoms and solar systems resemble each other. Lots of people have noticed this simple fact. One other observation I never hear anyone bring up is on even a grander scale, galaxies. I think one of the clues to how gravity works is by looking at spiral galaxies.
I'm not a scientist just an observer. You would think galaxies would look like giant donuts with the solar system, atom model. They don't tho.
Don't freak out, but our galaxy might be surrounded by 2,000 rogue black holes
According to a computer simulation by Valery Rashkov and Piero Madau at UC Santa Cruz, a shocking number of these abandoned black holes might be found in the Milky Way's halo, which is a giant outlying region of gas found beyond our galaxy's stars. There's considerable variance in terms of just how many black holes are out there -- Rashkov and Madau place the number of black holes between as low as 70 and and as high as 2,000.
Originally posted by NewAgeMan
reply to post by XPLodER
Your thought experiment reminded me of this video which illustrates how the earth and solar system moves right along with the sun at 70,000km/hr.
i dont think this outcome proves anyone wrong,
more like it points to a quantum theory of gravity,
Originally posted by XPLodER
Fuzzy thinking galore.
sorry if im not as precise as the thread deserves
The Sun does not move with respect to the Earth. The phrase "Where the Sun was" is meaningless in this context. The Sun is where it is, from our perspective, constantly.
well its about 2 arc seconds difference (approx) from where the sun appairs to be (apparent position)
to where the sun actually is (actual position) ie it takes 8 mins for the light to reach us and in that time the sun has moved by approx 2 arc seconds.
Originally posted by ErtaiNaGia
reply to post by XPLodER
i dont think this outcome proves anyone wrong,
more like it points to a quantum theory of gravity,
FTL information transfer?
This isn't forbidden by General Relativity?
Originally posted by AllIsOne
The article clearly states that 10'000 FTL is the lower limit. The exact speed is totally unknown. It might as well be instantaneous. They don't know and likely won't know for a long time
Originally posted by Jubosh
Hi guys was reading your thread found it very interesting, I'm not a professor or anything and my limited quantum physics skills my warrant me being Flamed here for this post, but anyway here my thoughts.
almost all of ya agreed that gravity is beyond 3 dimensions. i think time was the 4rth, the other 6 don't matter here i assume, but if this is true then there no reason for gravity to be slower then light because it supersedes time there for can not be measured by time you can't say gravity is this fast, because it's not a speed it's a constant, think about trying to view the 3rd from the 2nd you'd only see the one plane there for there is not way to actually measure the 3rd using standard definition of your dimension, probably why gravity is so confusing.Even with the "Cosmic speed limit" that still 3 dimensions if gravity exists in the 4rth that there no reason for time to even matter for exists across time there for being relatively instant in it "speed"
1st dimension a thread on your bed 2nd is the top of your bed or the sheets the Mattress is the 3rd dimension, but your Blankets are the 4rth they wrap around everything and exist covering the whole bed, regardless of where you lay, you don't affect the blankets you are under them,
anyway i was pretty much just spouting my mind so feel free to prove me wrong, but it's just a thought,