Schrödinger's Cat & a Time Paradox

[mikepologti]

Hmmm - I get these types of discussions every day of the week. Son is doing a PhD on Loop Quantum Gravity...... When he talks about bubbles and foam he loses me every time.
Here's one explanation:
http://relativity.livingreviews.org/...es/lrr-2008-5/

and here i was thinking that a singularity was nothing but a theory. so they have confirmed singularities within black holes,.......interesting. now all we have to do is find away to harness black holes to creat singularities , for worm hole travel...... simple

[shogun2]

Then you are a very lucky man indeed ; as is your son. My father was a nuclear physicist in his early career and went on to become a systems analyst at the very beginning of the personal computer revolution. He was a quantum mechanics expert and inventor too. He died very young unfortunately (46) and left a pretty huge void. I'm glad you share stories with your young fella. I wouldn't worry too much about the
BTW, that abstract is beautifully written.

I lost my father very young as well (42). He never had the opportunity to follow his dream, but has always been an inspiration to me. Something that now I have got beyond that age I try to instill into my kids.
Funnily, I always wanted to be a nuclear physicist, but the world transpired differently - our youngest son has had his dream since he was seven, and I am inspired just by the fact he is on his way to acieviing it.
As for the I am always inspired by all my kids when they talk of things I know nothing about, because it means there is always something else to learn.

[Preen59]

I will admit that i will never fully understand some of the stuff these people speak about. But it's all very interesting.

I find I understand (and therefore, enjoy) mechanical subjects more than this sort of stuff. Engine tuning and dynamics is something that really gets my brain ticking. I like something that i can physically see, alter and adjust.

How the do you know?

I don't. I'm just taking the piss.

[Dubya]

How the do you know?

I don't. I'm just taking the piss.

That reminds me of one of the most amazing inventions of all time . . .

the Thermos flask -

- it keeps hot things hot; and

- it keeps cold things cold.

What is so amazing about that? I hear you ask.

How does it know?

[pixl]

That reminds me of one of the most amazing inventions of all time . . .

the Thermos flask -

Awww boooo ... you could've at least kept it in joke form

[Preen59]

How does it know?

Easy. It doesn't need to know.

It's an insulator. Or has a vacuum between the skins. No air= nothing to transmit the energy. So it stops energy escaping or entering via the vacuum barrier.

[Dubya]

Easy. It doesn't need to know.

It's an insulator. Or has a vacuum between the skins. No air= nothing to transmit the energy. So it stops energy escaping or entering via the vacuum barrier.

Easy for you to say. But how does it really know?

And what is this "insinuator"?

[cme2c]

Easy. It doesn't need to know.

It's an insulator. Or has a vacuum between the skins. No air= nothing to transmit the energy. So it stops energy escaping or entering via the vacuum barrier.

So why is it warm in the sunlight then??

[mikepologti]

reflective surfaces also help to keep things warm /cold. hence why the internals are reflective.

[Preen59]

Easy for you to say. But how does it really know?

And what is this "insinuator"?

Hahaha.. I can't think of anything to say i won't get banned for.

So why is it warm in the sunlight then??

I don't understand the question.