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Old 04-15-2003, 11:41 AM   #71
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All this physics stuff...

As fascinated as I am by it, I fear that this is beyond me. My science forte is Biology, and even in that I am extremely limited.

My brain has exploded and now lies in pieces on the floor.
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Old 04-15-2003, 01:39 PM   #72
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A lot of laws in physics can be viewed as macroscpoic generalizations. Like entropy. It could drop below what it was before for a while, but it will return to a neutral or higher point.

I have to read on this quantum singularity idea. Frankly I don't give a shit though since I'm here now, I wasn't 100 years ago, much less 15 billion, and I most likely won't be 100 from now , much less 15 billion into the future.

I'm happy with now. Lots of xians aren't (they claim to know the truth(tm) of the past and future). What a depressed people.


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Old 04-16-2003, 04:14 AM   #73
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so things just happen for no reason because cause does not exist
LOL. You are obviously trolling.
Whatever may be the case, "causes" do not "explain" anything. Sufficient coldness causes liquid water to turn into ice. But this is a mere unexplained fact. It might as well turn liquid water into feathers.
Any cause, including a first cause, explains absolutely nothing. The first cause would itself be an unexplained fact, and an unexplained fact cannot explain anything.
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Old 04-17-2003, 03:41 AM   #74
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I am curious as to how a quantum singularity would differ from a non-quantum singularity. I've seen these two terms used more or less interchangeably (though not by the same person, fortunately) and am a bit confused about this.
What difference, if any?
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Too much hashed-over junk discussion; can't be bothered.....
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