Recent content by Ghost117

hmm, good point

When humanity unified electricity and magnetism, that ushered in a massive technological evolution for our species, perhaps only equalled by the advent of QM and modern electronics. Is it even possible to imagine the consequences of unifying Gravity with EM? Is it possible that we will...

Okay, I think I understand: Since m³ is in the denominator, it keeps the result from going to infinity. In English: In a finite expanding universe, the limit would not go to infinity, because the scale of space increases along with the added energy... The extra energy isn't magically...

Let's deal with that next (because we don't know if the universe is infinite either), but first I want to know: Does that sentence imply dark energy is infinite?

It seems like the following sentence implies that 'dark energy' *(assuming that is the cause of the acceleration) is infinite: "the universe appears to be expanding at an increasing rate,[1] so that the velocity at which a distant galaxy is receding from the observer is continuously increasing...

thanks, ill look into this.

Hi all, I want to create a private online forum for a small team of project members, and we will require LaTeX. I've been trying to google options, but most forum platforms do not seem to support LaTeX 'out of the box.' (Or at least I can't seem to find any that do... ) If anyone here is aware...

Not really, that would be assuming a universal wavefunction exists... That isn't the question. The question was in the context of the C. Interpretation, and the idea as presented by the author, that if we remove the arbitrary distinction between quantum/classical, then there would be a...

Well in fairness, it's just a history book, not a technical critique. Most of the remarks he provides are just sourced from letters and papers etc. by the physicists involved at the time. This particular remark came from the author himself which is why I wanted to verify it's accuracy.

I'm personally in favor of the deBroglie/Bohm Pilot Wave model. From the research I've done on all the interpretations so far, that's the one that seems most sound to me. I'm planning on studying it in more depth once I get through Griffiths Intro to QM. I definitely also like the decoherence...

Understood, thanks for clarifying the issue :)

I think that is exactly what the author is alluding to, but in the form of a critique of Copenhagen. Because without this "implicit assumption" that you pointed out, the "wavefunction collapse" in Copenhagen does indeed imply that an observer outside the universe is required... right? That's my...

Hi all, I would like some thoughts on the following quote I read from a book on the history of QM: "Quantum: Einstein, Bohr, And the Great Debate About the Nature of Reality." Please restrict your consideration to the Bohr/Heisenberg 'Copenhagen' interpretation (I realize in other...

Thank you for taking the time and care to summarize the relevant details, without actively trying to make the questioner feel stupid.

Touche!