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PeterDonis replied to the thread Undergrad EPR revisited.You're certainly not the only one. :wink: -
PeterDonis replied to the thread Undergrad Questioning the timescape model.No. The expansion factor of 1100 is based on data, not models--all models have to account for it somehow. Yes, that's how the different...
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PeterDonis replied to the thread Undergrad EPR revisited.That's correct. Not really. See below. Yes, but what that means is not that "you can think of the wave function collapsing either...
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PeterDonis replied to the thread Undergrad Valid local explanation of Bell violations? (Pegg et al., 1999; 2008).After moderator review, this thread will remain closed. After moderator review, the journal appears equally questionable. At any rate...
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PeterDonis reacted to anuttarasammyak's post in the thread Undergrad Hooke's law: Constructing a force operator for electron orbitals? with
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You use alphabet k to mean two different quantities i.e., spring constant and wave number, which cause the confusion. -
PeterDonis replied to the thread High School Why Do Events Freeze For Me at the Speed of Light?.The OP is unable to respond any longer, so this thread is closed. Thanks to all who posted for the good responses.
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PeterDonis replied to the thread High School Why is the constant speed of light so unique?.This subthread is getting off topic. Please don't speculate about another poster's motives. You are not the only one in this thread, and...
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PeterDonis replied to the thread High School Am I understanding the concept of proper frame of reference?.I'm not sure I see this implication, since the section that discusses this for curved spacetime (13.6) refers to Exercise 6.8 which...
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PeterDonis replied to the thread High School Am I understanding the concept of proper frame of reference?.No, that's not what I said. What I said is that, based on the multiple textbooks referenced in the Wikipedia article, standard usage in...
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PeterDonis replied to the thread High School Why is the constant speed of light so unique?.Um, what? If the jet is the source and it is moving past you, then you are moving relative to it.
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PeterDonis replied to the thread Undergrad Valid local explanation of Bell violations? (Pegg et al., 1999; 2008).Thread closed for moderation.
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PeterDonis reacted to .Scott's post in the thread Undergrad Valid local explanation of Bell violations? (Pegg et al., 1999; 2008) with Like.
The Sutherland paper cited in the OP claims that locality can be preserved when a retro-causal mechanism is employed. In most cases...
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PeterDonis replied to the thread High School Am I understanding the concept of proper frame of reference?.There is no such thing according to the Wikipedia article that has been referenced. Please give a specific reference where the term...