07-21-2016, 12:28 PM
cutie wrote "Actually, I got a PH.D. in quantum mechanics, so.... Why would you bother spouting off anything at all on a subject you know almost nothing about? Or, if you did, would it help the quantum mechanist in any measurable way?"
wasn't that just a metaphor?
I have a degree in literature, so...Why would you bother spouting off anything at all on a subject you know almost nothing about? Or if you did would it help the writer in any way as far as the writer is concerned?
It is true you cannot know simultaneously the intent of the writer of the poem and the meaning of the poem. That is to say if there were a piece of paper in a box, one would not know until opening the box if the paper contained a poem, or merely gibberish that most frequently tries to pass as a poem on this site.
Or, if a poet writes a poem, then immediately commits suicide (as any decent poet should), we have no way of knowing what the writer's intent was. So the destruction of information is much more complete than whatever falls into a black hole and no matter how long the universe continues winding down, one would never be nearer to finding that information than at the present moment. Therefore, poetry and things quantum mechanical have no meeting point whatsoever. So please do not mix them up in the future.
BTW, why do physicists continue to use the word gravity, when gravity is simply the effect of mass on space/time (it is not a force it is an effect). There is no such thing as gravity. We stick to the earth, not because of a mysterious force called gravity, but because the mass of the earth creates a hole in space/time. This is why light is bent around large mass objects. By law, gravity can only effect those things that have mass and light has no mass. Ergo, no gravity, no gravitons, no gravity waves. Please remember also that mass is energy and it takes energy to bend space/time in the form of mass. Which explains why it takes so much energy to get out of the earth space/time hole. It is the conservation of energy. It is not a gravity well. In terms of quantum gravity, it would appear there is no such thing. At the quantum level things are not massive or energetic enough to bend space/time, or so it would seem.
Just thought I'd ask since we have someone with a PhD in things quantum mechanical.
If Einstein had been a poet he would have come up with something much better than a bowling ball and a rubber bed sheet...but maybe he was thinking of something else, I mean he did marry his cousin.
dale
dale
wasn't that just a metaphor?
I have a degree in literature, so...Why would you bother spouting off anything at all on a subject you know almost nothing about? Or if you did would it help the writer in any way as far as the writer is concerned?
It is true you cannot know simultaneously the intent of the writer of the poem and the meaning of the poem. That is to say if there were a piece of paper in a box, one would not know until opening the box if the paper contained a poem, or merely gibberish that most frequently tries to pass as a poem on this site.
Or, if a poet writes a poem, then immediately commits suicide (as any decent poet should), we have no way of knowing what the writer's intent was. So the destruction of information is much more complete than whatever falls into a black hole and no matter how long the universe continues winding down, one would never be nearer to finding that information than at the present moment. Therefore, poetry and things quantum mechanical have no meeting point whatsoever. So please do not mix them up in the future.
BTW, why do physicists continue to use the word gravity, when gravity is simply the effect of mass on space/time (it is not a force it is an effect). There is no such thing as gravity. We stick to the earth, not because of a mysterious force called gravity, but because the mass of the earth creates a hole in space/time. This is why light is bent around large mass objects. By law, gravity can only effect those things that have mass and light has no mass. Ergo, no gravity, no gravitons, no gravity waves. Please remember also that mass is energy and it takes energy to bend space/time in the form of mass. Which explains why it takes so much energy to get out of the earth space/time hole. It is the conservation of energy. It is not a gravity well. In terms of quantum gravity, it would appear there is no such thing. At the quantum level things are not massive or energetic enough to bend space/time, or so it would seem.
Just thought I'd ask since we have someone with a PhD in things quantum mechanical.
If Einstein had been a poet he would have come up with something much better than a bowling ball and a rubber bed sheet...but maybe he was thinking of something else, I mean he did marry his cousin.
dale
dale
How long after picking up the brush, the first masterpiece?
The goal is not to obfuscate that which is clear, but make clear that which isn't.
The goal is not to obfuscate that which is clear, but make clear that which isn't.