On Tue, 2003-02-04 at 17:52, Ron Johnson wrote: > On Tue, 2003-02-04 at 16:02, Craig Dickson wrote: > > Ron Johnson wrote: > [snip] > > My favorite quote from Stephen Hawking is one where he was contrasting > > his view of quantum theory with that of Roger Penrose in a Scientific > > American article several years ago. He wrote (this may not be word > > perfect, as I no longer have the article), "Roger doesn't like quantum > > theory because he doesn't believe that a cat can be dead and alive at > > the same time. He thinks that can't correspond to reality. But I don't > > know _anything_ about reality. All I care about is that a theory can be > > used to successfully predict the results of experiments. By that > > standard, quantum theory has been very successful." > > I'm inherently(sp?) suspicious of any theory which is only really > understood by a half-dozen people. Many parts of Quantum Theory > meet that criteria. > > -- > +------------------------------------------------------------+ > | Ron Johnson, Jr. Home: ron.l.johnson@cox.net | > | Jefferson, LA USA http://members.cox.net/ ron.l.johnson | > | | > | "For me and windows it became a matter of easy to start | > | with, and becoming increasingly difficult to be produc- | > | tive as time went on, and if something went wrong very | > | difficult to fix, compared to linux's large over head | > | setting up and learning the system with ease of use and | > | the increase in productivity becoming larger the longer I | > | use the system." | > | Rohan Nicholls , The Netherlands | > +------------------------------------------------------------+ Quantum theory is as clear, conceptually, as Fermat's Last Theorem ;) If "The proof is in the pudding," then is it too late to say that you should put your work aside while you eat? -- Mark L. Kahnt, FLMI/M, ALHC, HIA, AIAA, ACS, MHP ML Kahnt New Markets Consulting Tel: (613) 531-8684 / (613) 539-0935 Email: kahnt@hosehead.dyndns.org
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