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offline Wolfslice from Bay Area, CA (United States) on 2009-04-10 03:36 [#02285222]
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explain how this works please.


 

offline Wolfslice from Bay Area, CA (United States) on 2009-04-10 03:37 [#02285223]
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what happened before the big bang?


 

offline Guybrush from the white room on 2009-04-10 04:05 [#02285224]
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god


 

offline ijonspeches from 109P/Swift-Tuttle on 2009-04-10 05:15 [#02285229]
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first the hen crossed the street


 

offline plaidzebra from so long, xlt on 2009-04-10 06:58 [#02285241]
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it isn't possible for human beings to understand this. if
you're thinking that this is a nihilist position, i would
counter that there's nothing nihilistic about the human
condition. we do not know or interact with reality; we
build models and interact with them, and we call our models
"reality." there is only one who experiences reality, and
that is the one who is synonymous with being. of course,
since the depth of knowledge and experience that *is* within
our grasp is still 99.9% mysterious, i think we've got
plenty to keep us busy.


 

offline plaidzebra from so long, xlt on 2009-04-10 06:58 [#02285242]
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moops, i was referring to the question "what happened before
the big bang?"


 

offline mappatazee from ¨y¨z¨| (Burkina Faso) on 2009-04-10 09:05 [#02285252]
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it's an anti-aliasing problem. as soon as god upgrades his
video card it'll be fixed.


 

offline cygnus from nowhere and everyplace on 2009-04-10 10:10 [#02285254]
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quantum physics is modern day science re-wording ancient
eastern philosophy


 

offline cygnus from nowhere and everyplace on 2009-04-10 10:14 [#02285255]
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did you guys know the chinese expression for "buddha" is
just the two characters meaning "man", and "no man"?

quantum physics is the same thing. it is the philosophy of
the buddha. particles coming into phase, and going out of
phase. "thingness" and "nothingness", yin and yang, the
resulting energy field being "ki", generated from the
movement of non-being into being.


 

offline freqy on 2009-04-10 10:18 [#02285257]
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all i know is: we need to stop polluting so that one day we
might find out.


 

offline mohamed from the turtle business on 2009-04-10 10:42 [#02285262]
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its also called the physics of possibilities, implying an
observation of reality that is different as the one we are
used to, giving the people more responsibility for what
happens in their everyday life. it describes the effect of
our thought towards the world at the microscopic level (the
whole universe is made of vibrating particles) and the most
corageus scientists affirm that we're also capable to change
reality at the macroscopic level but we're uncapable to
perceive it cos we have not been taught to conceive such
kind of observation, so we take every change (good or bad)
for granted as if it was just a matter of fate (religion).
or as if it was a coincidence to think the same thing of
your friend in the very same moment (e.g. you stole the
words right out of my mouth), no matter if the friend is
sitting near you or if it's thousand miles away, etc.


 

offline mappatazee from ¨y¨z¨| (Burkina Faso) on 2009-04-10 10:59 [#02285272]
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it isn't possible for human beings to understand
this


just because you don't understand doesn't mean nobody else
does.


 

offline plaidzebra from so long, xlt on 2009-04-10 11:02 [#02285274]
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as i like to say, in the future science and spirituality
will be merged into one discipline. superstition has no
place in science or spirituality, which is why religion
lives on borrowed time (unless we experience another dark
age, in which case it seems likely to flourish).

more to the point, there are eleven dimensions. or
nineteen. possibly seventeen. i think we can safely rule
out 16.


 

offline plaidzebra from so long, xlt on 2009-04-10 11:04 [#02285275]
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welcome back, captain obvious.


 

offline plaidzebra from so long, xlt on 2009-04-10 11:06 [#02285277]
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more importantly, you miss my point. but if you can find
someone in this world who can explain what happened before
the big bang, let us know so we can put them in charge of
the universe.


 

offline mappatazee from ¨y¨z¨| (Burkina Faso) on 2009-04-10 11:06 [#02285278]
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what does that make you? captain platitude?


 

offline mappatazee from ¨y¨z¨| (Burkina Faso) on 2009-04-10 11:08 [#02285279]
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i was assuming you were talking about quantum mechanics but
as for the big bang, if there was 'a big bang', then there
was no time before it so to ask what happened before it is
asking a nonsense question.


 

offline plaidzebra from so long, xlt on 2009-04-10 11:13 [#02285280]
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you needed to read the post that followed immediately after,
which clarified what i referred to.

it is not a nonsense question. and your assertion that
"there was no time" may be accurate, but try to explain what
that means. what are the features of nothing? of course,
it has no features. i think it's a slippery and fascinating
(though yeah, ultimately fruitless) idea: no time, no
substance, no energy. and then...

captain platitude, at your service. first you'll walk the
plank. ah but we'll fish you out and have a laugh.


 

offline oyvinto on 2009-04-10 14:33 [#02285310]
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religion and spirituality is the same cup of bs, appealing
to the same sort of people. science, which quatum mechanics
is part of (although all kinds off bullshitters are stealing
the name), is the best approach to finding the thruth.


 

offline AMPI MAX from United Kingdom on 2009-04-10 14:37 [#02285312]
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the thruth is out there


 

offline oyvinto on 2009-04-10 14:54 [#02285318]
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thrhuth


 

offline pulseclock from Downtown 81 on 2009-04-10 15:12 [#02285321]
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science is awesome man


 

offline CalumDamit from United Kingdom on 2009-04-10 15:40 [#02285328]
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Zebra is always the one who who has to type loadz at people.
I like it. I alwayz read his things.


 

offline pulseclock from Downtown 81 on 2009-04-10 15:44 [#02285329]
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you're cool, you should type more.


 

offline larn from PLANET E (United Kingdom) on 2009-04-10 16:35 [#02285340]
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Zebra: pure energy, discorporate, the Logos, living
information, the "plasmate"


 

offline fleetmouse from Horny for Truth on 2009-04-10 17:26 [#02285348]
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everything about this thread angers me


 

offline glasse from Harrisburg (United States) on 2009-04-10 22:15 [#02285381]
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i have a pretty good apologetic for the problem of
evil
.

wanna hear it?

i told my friend once i was interested in apologetics, and
he said "i don't think you have anything to be sorry about."


 

offline larn from PLANET E (United Kingdom) on 2009-04-10 22:46 [#02285385]
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heh :P glasse i liked that avatar you had before with that
green monster thing dunno why but there was just something
about it that tickled me


 

offline glasse from Harrisburg (United States) on 2009-04-11 02:20 [#02285392]
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yea i remember that one, it was a good one.

the joker av was kind of typical and shit but that was part
of the charm for me.


 

offline futureimage from buy FIR from Juno (United Kingdom) on 2009-04-12 14:11 [#02285626]
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Here's something really fucked up.

Quantum physics states that all particles are also waves...
meaning essentially that human beings themselves and other
living creatures are waves.

Now, if we were to vibrate slowly enough through a thin
doorway, we would refract, as light does, into several
beings existing simultaneously. Only when someone looks at
one being does only that one being looked at then exist.

Screwed.


 

offline fleetmouse from Horny for Truth on 2009-04-12 14:45 [#02285634]
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Does it start with rhetorical questions that you assume I've
answered in the affirmative?


 

offline w M w from London (United Kingdom) on 2009-04-12 15:41 [#02285641]
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The universe started
when Uncle Fester farted
It all came out retarded
The Adams Family


 

offline mappatazee from ¨y¨z¨| (Burkina Faso) on 2009-04-12 16:00 [#02285643]
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i think that's a popular misconception that someone needs to
look at something for a probability wave to collapse. it
will collapse if the pathway is open for observation and
doesn't require any 'intelligent observer' to do so. if
that were so then quantum physics would have to be a theory
of consciousness too.


 

offline glasse from Harrisburg (United States) on 2009-04-12 17:33 [#02285665]
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i just read whatever it says on the pamphlet.

i did come up with a pretty good one though, and have been
looking for an excuse to post it somewhere. its not
something that is going to convert anyone or would be
intended to.


 

offline fleetmouse from Horny for Truth on 2009-04-12 17:54 [#02285674]
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I'll give it fair consideration if you post it. You wanna
post it here or elsewhere?

Apologetics isn't necessarily about conversion but can be
about establishing a rational warrant for belief.


 

offline glasse from Harrisburg (United States) on 2009-04-12 17:58 [#02285678]
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i will get around to posting it. have to be in the right
mind frame, and right now gilmore girls is on in the
background.

i will make a proper thread for it when i do.


 

offline futureimage from buy FIR from Juno (United Kingdom) on 2009-04-13 05:51 [#02285734]
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And Quantum isn't a theory of consciousness?


 

offline sneakattack on 2009-04-13 06:01 [#02285736]
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they aren't probability waves..

also, it is in a sense a theory of spirituality, because one
must somehow define observer and non-observer.


 

offline AMPI MAX from United Kingdom on 2009-04-13 11:00 [#02285795]
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this thread should be about parkinsons disease


 

offline plaidzebra from so long, xlt on 2009-04-13 11:30 [#02285805]
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science hasn't really given us more than the faintest
glimmer of the origin of the universe, and we are far, far
away from a unified theory (in my opinion). let's keep
working on it.

fortunately i know that i can't change anyone's mind. i
don't want to, unless it would limit their suffering. i'm
interested in those people who have had experiences of
gnosis, that are wondering if there is value in pursuing
their intuition. no matter if we are discussing science or
spirituality, my fundamental point is that in our every
interaction with these disciplines (and i understand that
some do not believe that spirituality can be a discipline)
we are operating models that are subject to change.

i'm not a religious person, and i don't believe in the
paranormal. to me, the so-called paranormal represents a
lack of understanding; the truth might in fact be prosaic
and banal or novel and surprising. i do believe that there
is a much greater depth to what we call reality than we
perceive with our senses and our instruments. i do believe
that we are still quite low on the learning curve regarding
our existence. i regret even having to use the word
spirituality, having no reasonable alternative, because
there is so much confusion about what it means, and so many
negative preconceptions that color its use.

we've got to live right now. we will likely all be dead
before quantum physics is reconciled with the rest of the
universe and its origin. we don't want religious nuts
controlling our lives, and we don't want soviet or maoist
style scientific materialists dictating our choices to us.
if we agree on anything, we agree that we were born to grow
and change, to continue seeking. this is the purpose that i
perceive in science, and also spirituality.

for those who are wondering about their own experiences, i'd
like to add that i think you may be on to something.


 

offline mohamed from the turtle business on 2009-04-14 06:09 [#02285918]
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:)


 

offline Barcode from United Kingdom on 2009-04-14 06:14 [#02285919]
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Spirituality, another dumb word that should be consigned to
the dustbin along with the "soul".


 

offline mohamed from the turtle business on 2009-04-14 06:23 [#02285923]
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shut up bitch!


 

offline Barcode from United Kingdom on 2009-04-14 09:15 [#02285947]
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... and Mohamed.


 

offline Ego from Antwerpen (Belgium) on 2009-04-14 09:24 [#02285951]
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I always thought the double-slit experiment was completely
whack. You know, the one where the observation changes the
outcome. I saw it in a documentary and read it in a couple
of articles, completely blew my mind.

So I was reading up on this after seeing this topic and this
is what I found on Wikipedia:
"It is a widespread misunderstanding, originating with the
Copenhagen interpretation, that any modification of the
apparatus that can determine which slit a photon passes
through destroys the interference pattern, thus illustrating
the complementarity principle in the sense of particle-wave
complementarity."

So did I misunderstand? I don't get all this gibberish.


 


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