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Message 4 of 6 (625802)
07-23-2011 3:15 PM
Reply to: Message 3 by Son Goku
07-23-2011 2:35 PM


Re: Some issues...
Admin and I did a bit of PNT discussion starting here at the "Topic Proposal Issues" topic.
1. That Quantum Physics by being probabilistic (or for other reasons) appears to be less mechanistic than most other branches of science. This leads to the claim that "even scientists have abandoned strict empiricism/materialism".
2. More directly that fact that things can have no cause, e.g. virtual particles coming out of nowhere, implies that things may come into existence without a cause.
3. General assumptions in science are often questioned such as "how do we know the laws of physics are the same in other galaxies?" and "how do we know decay rates are constant for dating?". Since quantum mechanics underpins a lot of these experimental assumptions it would be useful to discuss it.
If you do another message (in this existing topic) presenting one of the above themes along with your perspective on that theme, then we have a promotable topic. We can go onto other sub-themes as the topic progresses (although each sub-theme might more properly belong in an entirely separate topic). A relevant subtitle to go with that sub-theme would be a good thing.
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Message 6 of 6 (625805)
07-25-2011 6:48 PM


Thread Copied from Proposed New Topics Forum
Thread copied here from the Quantum Physics thread in the Proposed New Topics forum.

  
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