Recent content by Lunct

Not really no. In England you pick one degree, but then have choice within that degree to pick modules. As far as I know. I did look at the theoretical physics course at my first choice university, they do offer an introduction to philosophy module, but it doesn't allow any further specialised...

I am currently on track to do a degree in Physics and Philosophy next academic year in the UK, but have been recently thinking about switching my application to Mathematics and Philosophy. (I am aware I could switch to a theoretical physics, or a maths and physics degree, but then I couldn't do...

What is the relation between the wavelength of light and the "size" of a photon? Is it accurate to describe a photon in times of "size"?

I do not follow. So photons do have mass then?

It's a well known fact that acceleration due to gravity is independent of the mass of the accelerating body, and only depends on the mass of the body it is accelerating towards and the distance from it. One can prove this mathematically very easily. F=GMm/r^2 (equation 1) but also F=ma...

Can you please elaborate on this? I don't know what it means.

So I have often heard it argued that "super-determinism" is a loophole to Bell's theorem, that allows a local hidden variable theory. Bell himself alluded to it in a 1980s BBC interview. But why is this the case? And how is super-determinism different to regular determinism. And the many-world's...

So the many worlds interpretation describes every quantum events as a branch point, where in which all events happen. I'll use the example of a coin toss to illustrate my question. If I flip a coin, I create a branch point in my universe from which two universes emerge, where both heads and...

fair enough

I have read that the casimir effect happens due to virtual particles, so then surely they must interact with something?

I was talking to a physicist who said to me that virtual particles can have a mass of a constant times by i ,as in the root of -1. I have been thinking about this more and it intrigues me. I have done some research into this and can't find further details. If they have an imaginary mass does...

Yeah that's fare. You're right.

Surely it doesn't matter what we can know about the particles, as they have determined positions outside of our knowledge. And yes I am aware of Laplace's Demon. Philosophy and Physics are both equally my main interests.

I would much prefer if determinism is incorrect actually, because if it is, it follows that we have no free will, which, at least for me, is an incredibly uncomfortable conclusion. However, I still call into doubt the supposed "randomness" of Brownian motion. If there are specific variables that...

What I mean is that you can calculate the position of where the particles will be with the same certainty as an apple falling to the ground when your drop it. I mean that you control all the variables so they are the same for each repeat, and it's a hypothetical.