Can a Quantum Mechanic Fix Your Physics Problems?

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The thread discusses the concept of a self-proclaimed "quantum mechanic," David Franklin Farkas, who offers unconventional services related to spiritual healing and building energy. Participants explore the idea of engaging with him for serious physics inquiries, blending humor with skepticism about his qualifications and the validity of his claims.

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Main Points Raised

  • Some participants suggest contacting Farkas to pose serious physics problems, framing it as a humorous prank.
  • One participant expresses skepticism about Farkas's understanding of real quantum mechanics, implying a disconnect between his claims and established scientific principles.
  • Another participant humorously remarks on the idea of Farkas working on "very small cars," playing on the term "quantum mechanic."
  • Participants propose specific physics questions to ask Farkas, such as issues related to wavefunctions and radiation penetration, highlighting the absurdity of the situation.

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Participants generally express skepticism about Farkas's qualifications and the legitimacy of his claims, but there is no consensus on whether engaging with him for physics questions is a worthwhile endeavor or merely a joke.

Contextual Notes

The discussion reflects a blend of humor and critique regarding pseudoscience, with no formal resolution or agreement on the validity of Farkas's practices or the appropriateness of contacting him.

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So there is this guy named David Franklin Farkas of Amherst. His website is http://househealing.com .

He "recently started a business psychically checking buildings for damage and repairing any 'holes' he finds in the energetic structure. It may sound like something from a sci-fi story, but Farkas' clients take the services offered by his consulting company, HouseHealing.com, very seriously." (Laura Sylvester, Daily Hampshire Gazette)

He says he's a "Spiritual Healer, Teacher, Writer, Speaker, Shaman, Mystic, and Ghost Buster, Quantum Mechanic, Technician of the Sacred".

Quantum mechanic, eh?

Idea: Those of us with a little free time contact him. Ask him for help with some actual physics.

One good idea for a prank call I saw floating around the internets went like this:

"Oh, hello, is this Dr. Farkas? Dr. David Farkas, the quantum mechanic? Awesome! I'm really glad I caught you - see, I have this huge problem, and I know you're the only one who can help me. See, I've got this electrical field that I'm dealing with experimentally, and I'm observing quantization that makes absolutely no sense on this level! I've run the Kelvin-Stokes theorem a dozen times, and what I'm seeing doesn't conform at all to Faraday's Law! Maybe you can check my math on this, I don't know, but I really think I need a quantum mechanic here."

Or perhaps ask him about the spin on the electrons in the 3d orbital of your copper(II) compound.

Ask him about your Feynman diagram.

Ask him why your alpha radiation is penetrating more than it should .
 
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Organizing raids on psuedoscientists from PF? I'm not sure that Greg would be too happy about that. lol
 
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kldickson said:
Quantum mechanic, eh?

He works on very small cars.
 
Heh, I always love the quantum mystic guys who don't know the first thing about real quantum mechanics. Maybe I'll call him and ask how it's possible that the angular part of my wavefunction can't be expanded into a linear combination of spherical harmonics.
 
kldickson said:
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Or perhaps ask him about the spin on the electrons in the 3d orbital of your copper(II) compound.

Ask him about your Feynman diagram.

Ask him why your alpha radiation is penetrating more than it should .

Done!
 

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