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Forum: Mad Scientists 2006-05-19, 09:36

Replies: 25 perception is science Views: 32 Posted By icantthinkofaname What does string theory have to do with it? It's... What does string theory have to do with it? It's not even what I'd call physics.

Forum: Mad Scientists 2006-05-19, 09:00

Replies: 13 Documentaries Views: 19 Posted By icantthinkofaname I thought the String Theory one sucked. I thought the String Theory one sucked.

Forum: Spurious Generalities 2006-05-18, 22:02

Replies: 22 SG has changed. Views: 24 Posted By icantthinkofaname It's better than I can remember it for the most... It's better than I can remember it for the most part of last year. Though I'm not a regular Spurious user.

Forum: Mad Scientists 2006-05-18, 21:54

Replies: 25 perception is science Views: 32 Posted By icantthinkofaname The wave-function is just a statistical measure.... The wave-function is just a statistical measure. Take pulling balls arbirarilly from a bag as an example. I can describe the outcomes of this process with statistics. All the statistics does though...

Forum: Spurious Generalities 2006-05-18, 18:03

Replies: 93 The Toothlessjoe appreciation thread. Views: 100 Posted By icantthinkofaname Where would said Fish 'n' Chip shops be? Where would said Fish 'n' Chip shops be?

Forum: Mad Scientists 2006-05-18, 12:24

Replies: 5 The apparent relationship between time, distance and scale. Views: 8 Posted By icantthinkofaname Relativistic mass is the mass that is usually... Relativistic mass is the mass that is usually said to increase with velocity. However, it's pretty archaic and useless. In modern theoretical physics, special relativity is based around quantities...

Forum: Mad Scientists 2006-05-18, 12:17

Replies: 25 perception is science Views: 32 Posted By icantthinkofaname The notation for a wave-function is usually Ψ.... The notation for a wave-function is usually Ψ. Wave-functions are the things that appear in the Schrodinger equation (http://tinyurl.com/kh97h). Wave-functions aren't the only thing available for...

Forum: Mad Scientists 2006-05-17, 21:00

Replies: 25 perception is science Views: 32 Posted By icantthinkofaname If you do want a Quantum Mechanics text book,... If you do want a Quantum Mechanics text book, Leslie Ballentine's is damn good. More concise than a lot of other QM text books I've seen. Otherwise, Sakurai or Griffin are the standard introductory...

Forum: Mad Scientists 2006-05-17, 20:46

Replies: 25 perception is science Views: 32 Posted By icantthinkofaname My point was that it has nothing to do with... My point was that it has nothing to do with consciousness. Since the electron is accelerating it will radiate any way, so I'll see it whether I bounce radiation off it any way. Use wave-function...

Forum: Mad Scientists 2006-05-17, 19:13

Replies: 5 The apparent relationship between time, distance and scale. Views: 8 Posted By icantthinkofaname Things get smaller as they get farther away... Things get smaller as they get farther away because we have a lens in our eye. Mass does nee change with relative velocity. Relativistic mass changes, but that's completely different to what is...

Forum: Mad Scientists 2006-05-17, 15:56

Replies: 9 Randell Mills: He's back Views: 12 Posted By icantthinkofaname Flogiston Flogiston

Forum: Mad Scientists 2006-05-17, 15:25

Replies: 25 perception is science Views: 32 Posted By icantthinkofaname Observation is knocking a photon into it or... Observation is knocking a photon into it or whatever. It's not the conscious act of seeing or perceiving the presence of something. I can stare at a double slit with an electron wave-packet passing...

Forum: Spurious Generalities 2006-05-16, 21:34

Replies: 40 Wy do buff guys take off there tops? Views: 44 Posted By icantthinkofaname Why do people ask stupid questions? Why do people ask stupid questions?

Forum: Mad Scientists 2006-05-16, 10:56

Replies: 7 2=1? Views: 9 Posted By icantthinkofaname They're dividing by zero. They're dividing by zero.

Forum: Mad Scientists 2006-05-15, 21:44

Replies: 28 Professor predicts human time travel this century Views: 33 Posted By icantthinkofaname He didn't have to include it, it's a result of... He didn't have to include it, it's a result of what's known as "crossing symmetry" in scattering processes- I can switch between external particles and anti-particles easily, all I have to remember...

Forum: Mad Scientists 2006-05-09, 19:45

Replies: 9 Randell Mills: He's back Views: 12 Posted By icantthinkofaname It says E=mc2 rather than c-squared. It says E=mc2 rather than c-squared.

Forum: Spurious Generalities 2006-05-06, 21:03

Replies: 29 Labrador Views: 33 Posted By icantthinkofaname My lab does that, he's not an idiot, it's just a... My lab does that, he's not an idiot, it's just a lab thing. And mines about 17 months old, so still pretty young as well. [This message has been edited by icantthinkofaname (edited 05-06-2006).]

Forum: Spurious Generalities 2006-05-06, 20:48

Replies: 30 Guess who totse girl is this Views: 32 Posted By icantthinkofaname It sounds like "Oooo-aarr". Avast! It sounds like "Oooo-aarr". Avast!

Forum: Mad Scientists 2006-04-29, 13:15

Replies: 9 String theory Views: 23 Posted By icantthinkofaname It is true, I remember reading something about it... It is true, I remember reading something about it last month.

Forum: Mad Scientists 2006-04-28, 22:37

Replies: 28 Professor predicts human time travel this century Views: 33 Posted By icantthinkofaname 1) He uses gravitation 2) Accelerating... 1) He uses gravitation 2) Accelerating oneself faster than light doesn't get you anywhere except into trouble with the man upstairs for breaking his rules. Travelling faster than c allowing for...

Forum: Mad Scientists 2006-04-28, 22:22

Replies: 9 String theory Views: 23 Posted By icantthinkofaname Snap... Quantum field theory and general... Snap... Quantum field theory and general relativity are two theories that are separately incredibly successful. Attempts to unify the two directly are looking pretty promising, LQG for example.

Forum: Mad Scientists 2006-04-28, 18:04

Replies: 9 String theory Views: 23 Posted By icantthinkofaname Personally, I don't even know why it's being... Personally, I don't even know why it's being taken that seriously. Half the reason for it's popularity, which is really only limited to the non-scientific community, is the aesthetics. It has no...

Forum: Mad Scientists 2006-04-28, 17:39

Replies: 6 The gaussian integral Views: 12 Posted By icantthinkofaname e^(-x^2) doesn't have any singularities. e^(-x^2) doesn't have any singularities.

Forum: Mad Scientists 2006-04-28, 07:33

Replies: 4 Perturbation theory Views: 8 Posted By icantthinkofaname I'd imagine so. If you just have the formulae... I'd imagine so. If you just have the formulae down for working stuff out and ignore the bulk about perturbing states and things, I guess it's do-able. I guess it is do-able, I haven't been taught...

Forum: Mad Scientists 2006-04-27, 10:45

Replies: 4 Perturbation theory Views: 8 Posted By icantthinkofaname You just add it on to the lowest order or... You just add it on to the lowest order or non-perturbed calculation. You've not done linear algebra (or functional analysis) and you're doing QM...? [This message has been edited by...

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