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To: Kaslin
For example, the theory in quantum mechanics called the Uncertainty Principle- which so far is consistent with what has been observed in physics- increasingly suggests that everything remains only a probability until it is actually observed. Without observation, nothing actually exists.

If that’s true- Einstein rejected the possibility of the Uncertainty Principle- none of us really exist nor does the universe exists without an all-seeing being. There is just no other explanation for the universe.

Example number 57,923 of why people should not use material they don't understand as a point of argument or analogy.

The Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle deals with the limits of exactitude at certain scales and with respect to certain properties. Quantum superposition (and the collapse of the wave function), which many people have heard of through Schrodinger's thought experiment (i.e. Schrodinger's Cat), are not the same thing (though they may derive from the same mathematics)!

So, basically, I have no reason to pay attention to this goof-ball, since it's obvious that he's writing about things that he has no understanding of whatsoever. Rather than being persuasive, his dive into this material merely makes him non-credible...

74 posted on 12/17/2011 2:27:38 PM PST by Charles H. (The_r0nin) (Hwaet! Lar bith maest hord, sothlice!)
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To: Charles H. (The_r0nin)

It’s interesting but I don’t know if it proves anything or not.

Here’s a situation I know more about. I have two cats who weigh the same. (All cats have gravity rays they can turn on whereupon, lying upon their humans in bed, they increase their weight by a random factor up to five.) During the night, when I’m asleep, Susie jumps on my feet. Or is it Timmy? I have the covers pulled over my face so I can’t see. It’s only when I beckon whichever cat it was to walk up to my face, that I can see if it was him or her.


77 posted on 12/17/2011 2:49:11 PM PST by HiTech RedNeck (Sometimes progressives find their scripture in the penumbra of sacred bathroom stall writings (Tzar))
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