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Quantum entanglement...

Thanks, PeterDonis, for a detailed and nice answer to my question, # 1, which I had some difficulty formulating at my B-level. The reason I introduced an external QM RNG (Random number generator) was: 1. I thought the presence of an external QM measurement process was necessary. 2. to avoid a...

I am in my self-driving car and approaching an intersection, where I can either drive to the right or left. I choose to drive to the right. There are two buttons on the instrument panel, R (ight) and L (eft). I press R, and a QM random number generator is activated. My car drives to the right...

Asteroids have us in their sight. The dinosaurs didn't have a space program, so they're not here to talk about this problem. - Neil deGrasse Tyson

"Einstein was a giant, his head was in the clouds while his feet were firmly on the ground. The rest of us must pick one." - Richard Feynman

Arthur C. Clarke's three laws: 1. When a distinguished but elderly scientist states that something is possible, he is almost certainly right. When he states that something is impossible, he is very probably wrong. 2. The only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture a little...

Personally, I prefer 5-20 minute movies with both width and depth. Would like to have a natural science focus, especially physics-related. Here are two of my favorites on YouTube. Time-related. One-Minute Time Machine (5:40) A kind of "multi-world generator" with a delete button and quantum...

Suggestion for the Trophy list: 500 Nobel Prize (500 points to a PF member who wins the Nobel Prize)

Corrected. Thanks! (To quote myself: "It's never too late.")

Something is going on. The dawn of a Nobel makeover? "For groundbreaking inventions in the field of laser physics" 1. Inventions, not discoveries. Old Alfred would have been happy, as an inventor and entrepreneur himself. 2. Donna Strickland - A Female Physics Prize winner. The first since...

Common to the physics and peace prize is the formulation: "one part to the person". Then the will is worded a little different: Physics: "the most important discovery or invention.” Peace: “the most or best to advance fellowship among nations, the abolition or reduction of standing armies, and...

I'm not competent to have a good opinion. The primary role of the Nobel Foundation is to manage capital and maintain the spirit of Nobel's will. Directives? The Nobel Foundation does not care how the institutions choose their prize winners. They have different focuses. There is of course a close...

It would have been nice and a significant milestone. It will be interesting to see how the Nobel Foundation solves this group problem in the coming years. If the foundation applied the Nobel testament exactly, we would see one (1) prize winner in each group this year; physics, chemistry and...

Maybe we will see some female prize winner this year? In 2017, the Noble Prize committees have made efforts to obtain nominations from more women by inviting more female researchers to nominate for the Nobel Prize 2018. According to the permanent secretary of the Royal Academy of Sciences.

In this thread have been some relevant criticisms of previous selection of Nobel Prize winners. It will not be easier in this time of growth of research and researchers at the Nobel Prize level. But look at the professionally orchestrated Nobel banquet. I can assure everyone that the same...