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Meldread (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 12:16 PM Original message |
Do I understand this right? Re: Parallel Universes. |
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ORDagnabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 12:18 PM Response to Original message |
1. theres some sort of experiment with one beam of light being split into 3? beams that supposedly |
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monktonman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 12:35 PM Response to Reply #1 |
8. sort of |
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ORDagnabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 12:37 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. do know the name of that experiment or a link to some info on it? thanks |
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monktonman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 12:43 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. youngs two slit experiment |
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Tuesday Afternoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 12:19 PM Response to Original message |
2. The types of possiblities are infinitely possible n/t. |
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Meldread (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 12:24 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. I feel like I'm tripping on drugs... |
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Tuesday Afternoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 12:29 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. yeah. Infinite Enigma by Dali -- |
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Vilis Veritas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 12:35 PM Response to Reply #3 |
9. Kaleidoscope...although I like your word better! |
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RufusTFirefly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 12:25 PM Response to Original message |
4. I think your introduction of fiction is a misinterpretation, I'm afraid |
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Meldread (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 12:36 PM Response to Reply #4 |
10. Yes, but... |
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Ready4Change (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 11:28 PM Response to Reply #10 |
27. Infinite outcomes does not mean chaos. |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 12:27 PM Response to Original message |
5. I've always thought of it as every combination of choices and possibilities |
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Vilis Veritas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 12:30 PM Response to Original message |
7. Robert Heinlein explored this concept in his later years... |
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winter999 (530 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 01:00 PM Response to Reply #7 |
17. Zelazny did it better in his Amber series. |
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FreepFryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 12:37 PM Response to Original message |
11. I think it's more subtle than the classic 'multiple universes' idea - it's 'potential' universes. |
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Dhalgren (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 12:37 PM Response to Original message |
13. The problem is with the term, "possibility". |
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rwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 12:44 PM Response to Original message |
15. Watching the Universe on the History Chann. |
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caraher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 02:05 PM Response to Reply #15 |
23. Beware of science on the History Channel |
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FiveGoodMen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 03:23 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. Black hole under the sea? Wow! |
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caraher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 09:53 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. Yup! Apparently just ships and aircraft |
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FiveGoodMen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 01:39 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. Willful ignorance should be fatal |
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caraher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 01:57 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. At least a lot of people see through the sham |
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FiveGoodMen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 03:17 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. Okay those responses WERE reassuring. Thanks. |
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monktonman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 12:58 PM Response to Original message |
16. I woke up this morning and hit snooze..... |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 01:02 PM Response to Original message |
18. Science finally catching up with |
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JustFiveMoreMinutes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 05:21 PM Response to Reply #18 |
35. Not following your conclusion |
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RethugAssKicker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 01:04 PM Response to Original message |
19. Sort of.... My understanding is that whenever a "choice" is |
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FreepFryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 01:10 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. And that brings up the whole issue of whether 'choice' exists... to quote the Dora spoof on SNL... |
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silverweb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 01:28 PM Response to Original message |
21. I don't know. |
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caraher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 02:02 PM Response to Original message |
22. There's no experiment to prove there are parallel universes. |
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scubadude (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 08:32 PM Response to Original message |
25. I don't think that is how it works.... |
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JustFiveMoreMinutes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 04:33 PM Response to Reply #25 |
33. Nature would still rule! |
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groovedaddy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 02:52 PM Response to Original message |
31. Just had to comment on the photo in your post...priceless |
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Duer 157099 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 08:12 PM Response to Original message |
32. Doesn't this have to do with the Observer Effect? |
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JustFiveMoreMinutes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 04:42 PM Response to Reply #32 |
34. Quantum Suicide |
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