I remember one lunchtime dialog with a colleague sometime back. She said, "I am trying to do some mediation which will enable me to remain thoughtless. I am tring hard but am not successful." I replied that it is theoretically impossible to experience the phase of being thoughtless. assume that...
I assume that the neutron is a particle with finite size and is <really> a single particle (that is that it does not have any further structure or components-like nucleus) and lastly it is electric nutral. I hope that these assumptions are close to the experimental observations. I am making life...
question of existence
As it has been said in this forum, you may end up with Philosophy forum. However, I wish Vanesh to consider the following point (maybe from Philosophy):
If you say that the only thing that your senses percieve exist then it would mean that percetions you had in dreams...
By-products of QM studies
Does the study of QM helps in theory-building?
Does the study of Hilbert spaces or infinite dimesnional spaces give you any new insights in solving a problem?
Does it make you see symmetries in a new way?
I would like to know some of these experiences.
The...
Only the past exists
I think we must realize that only the past exists in our memory and senses. We are not able to grasp the present moment. Only after a small time <delta> that we know what has transpired. Our perceptions have <memory>. The memory lasts non-zero time. Thus if you bring the...
hi
I am working on a project on cultural aspect of science.
I would like to know what you feel about
(a) which skills are inculcated in a student of Quntum MEchanics (intorductory) course?
(b) what attitudes and habits are likely to be developed in a student of QM (intro) course...