Posted on 02/22/2016 10:57:24 AM PST by Reeses
It is, of course, fictional but the concept is interesting.
In theory one should be able to account for even random “mutations” if said being knows everything there is to know.
Maybe so. In that case, there is another plane of existence that we currently can’t view, that the energy that composes ‘potential particles’ lives in.
I loved those books as a kid. But I seem to recall the Puppeteers were meddling to keep everything on track?
Likewise...
The reason is it becomes almost purely mathematical.
A particle is no longer a “spherical object” like a ball or a planet; it is a mathematical equation.
A wave is a shape in this context, not a thing. The surfing idiom refers to particles following a wave-shaped probability curve, in essence being “pushed” or floating upon the laws of probability.
Your desk lamp begs to differ. Lol
Not by us. Too many variables.
Ya. Or the brick wall when I drive my car into it.
Now if someone could build a device that would allow me to drive through the wall without “interacting with it,” then that would be pretty cool. :)
I think you are confusing Asimov’s Foundation universe with Niven’s Known Universe. It has been 20 years since I read Asimov, but I don’t remember any Puppeteers. In the late books of the Foundation series Asimov did have humaniform robots who carried over from the I, Robot series of books, particularly Daneel Olivaw, who had evolved the 3 laws of robotics to include a Zeroth law to protect all humanity.
All you need to do is shrink yourself down to Planck scale! Then you can drive through it, or detour to the other side of the universe to go around it. But you will never know until you get there! :)
And none of them “linear.” Or at least we don’t have a way to describe them accurately.
Why the whole global warming modeling thing bugs me. Then again, I am no expert but there are definite limitations to the science and even more limitations to the models.
It is a common theme throughout Asimov’s books. He ties it together in the last book.
SPOILER ALERT! Email me if you want to know.
You are absolutely right, I did conflate them. No Puppeteers.
Never mind. I didn’t read your complete post.
I'm no quantum physicist so don't take my theory too seriously but here is how I look at it: the spooky action at a distance happens because the particles are not really two separate things, they are one thing that, in our world (universe, whatever), encounter interference such that they appear to be separate. They're connected "before" they're perceived here, and "after."
Laugh, sure. But it helps me read about this stuff.
Interesting theory and very possibly true. Interesting that you included time as a variable.
The Foundation was behind the scenes guiding events. I accepted that when I read the books.
Now, I wonder about their nature. Some on the left talk breezily today about “changing human nature.” Is this a Marxist Foundation? Yes, or no, it presumes they know what is best and are entitled to manipulate others.
But there was another entity watching and guiding based on “the three laws.”
Nassim laughs.
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