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Friday, June 8, 2012

Graduation Day…

I had a very nice day, and thought I’d share bit of it with my Blogit friends. It was graduation day – though not mine, which unfortunately is but a distant memory... Instead it was my granddaughter’s graduation, and I am very proud of her. Emily’s a very bright young lady who graduated ‘with... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, May 27, 2012

And Speaking of Books: Here is Another One I haven’t Read Yet…

But it’s on order… Those who have read me for a while probably know that I don’t have a high regard for the current US President. My views are based on his disastrous and amateurish foreign policies, rather than on what he is doing domestically, which I don’t want to get involved in. Now it seems... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, May 26, 2012

Have you got The Power?

A couple of days ago a friend of mine – okay, maybe I should say an acquaintance – was gushing about a book, and wondered if I had read it. The lady doing the gushing was one I meet occasionally when we both walk our doggies, and the book in question is called The Power, by one Rhonda Byrne. When I... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, May 23, 2012

It’s About Time...Part XX

With Barbour’s final question (it isn’t actually the last one in his book, but I shall treat it as such) we have come to the end of this series. But before we get to it, and to his answer, I ought to offer a few words of my own. I genuinely hope I have not bored my Blogit friends too much with this... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, May 22, 2012

It’s About Time...Part XIX

This, Barbour’s second question, and especially his answer, may well raise some hackles, (and wait until you get to the next one, LOL!). Which gives me the opportunity to point out that ‘uncomfortable’ questions and answers are useful, in that they allow us to examine ourselves and ask why they... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, May 21, 2012

It’s About Time...Part XVIII

While I was playing around, telling you about Schrödinger’s cat (thanks again, Pat, for bringing it up!, LOL) and about ‘married’ particles defying all known understandings about reality, I also did some ‘serious’ work: I went back to ‘No-time Barbour’ refresh my memory and try to get a better grasp... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, May 20, 2012

A Feline Interlude…Part III

I feel compelled to add yet one more post to this interlude in the series on Time, which will also come to an end soon. What compels me? Most immediately it was CCT’s comment. Here it is: Ah well it seems pretty obvious that when one fires at the slit a certain proportion of energy enters the other... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, May 19, 2012

A Feline Interlude…Part II

Alright, in this post I am not actually talking of cats, but of another quantum mystery, different from the one Schrödinger addressed in his thought experiment involving that poor kitty. (For those interested, it centered on the question whether the wave function really collapses upon inspection, at... Sign in to see full entry.

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A Feline Interlude…Part I

Pat yesterday wrote a post about a cat that has become famous in science: Schrödinger's cat, and I’m grateful to her, because I gives me an opportunity to talk about something I understand, rather than Barbour’s work, of which I’ve got only a very tenuous hold. I knew a lady who was appalled when... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, May 18, 2012

It’s About Time...Part XVII

Now things get tricky. Did I mention that Barbour’s book has the subtitle ‘The Next Revolution in Physics’? Okay, I have now. This is serious and important stuff. It’s also great fun, but it’s the kind of fun you have in exploring an unfamiliar country, with those swaths of white areas on the map... Sign in to see full entry.

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