Comment snafu 9 Sep 2008 I just checked the spam comments folder, and there, amidst the sea of Envall crap, were some legitimate comments. So I have revived them, and this may explain some discontinuities and duplications in various threads. My apologies to the victims. Administrative
Administrative Five-fiftysix meme 1 Dec 2008 New: Solutions listed Mike Dunford, who is still trying to get me to pay for that time he put me up in Hawaii when his wife was on active service in Iraq (if I knew what I’d have to pay, both in climbing horrific rainforested slopes to release wallabies, and… Read More
Administrative A note to my readers 1 Sep 2007 If you’re reading this on “Science Blog“, be aware that the site is stealing, copying without proper attribution, and generally parasitising real blogs, including mine. Go to the real Science Blogs site for information on the actual blogs. Although I have a Creative Commons license, this doesn’t mean that anyone… Read More
Administrative Home, tired, and amused 10 Nov 2009 I arrived after a not-too-shabby flight on a Qantas A388. The American couple next to me couldn’t believe it was built by the French; I pointed out that a few other European countries also contributed. I actually slept for a while. Anyway, nothing sensible is going to come from me… Read More
I’ll simply use a Heisenberg box, place one of Jason’s comments inside, and if the Polonium atom decays, move the comment to the junk folder and repeat.
I’ll simply use a Heisenberg box, place one of Jason’s comments inside, and if the Polonium atom decays, move the comment to the junk folder and repeat.
But how random would it be John? Is the universe causally closed and every action you take already explainable given requisite knowledge of the state of everything as you ‘randomly’ decide to do it? Does the Heisenberg uncertainty principle with it’s uncaused virtual particles have an effect? I should become a new-age bullshitting pseudo-philosopher. A little knowledge is either a dangerous thing, or the path to crap. 😀
But how random would it be John? Is the universe causally closed and every action you take already explainable given requisite knowledge of the state of everything as you ‘randomly’ decide to do it? Does the Heisenberg uncertainty principle with it’s uncaused virtual particles have an effect? I should become a new-age bullshitting pseudo-philosopher. A little knowledge is either a dangerous thing, or the path to crap. 😀
So, assuming you don’t influence the decay when attempting to measure it, it will be statistically predictable, but uncaused, and thus random? Cool. Carry on….