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 Me-mail 21 May 2011 I hate moving, so the Universe has kindly arranged that I must do it around once per year. Despite having pared my possessions down to a begging bowl, loin cloth, and several thousand books, it is still a royal pain. But the worst aspect of it is that you have… Read More
Administrative Wilkins back in Portuguese 14 Aug 2008 Thanks to the editor of Trends in Ecology and Evolution, and the permissions department of Elsevier, my scientific blogging article is up again in Portuguese. At no cost! Thanks folks. João Carlos at Chi vó, non pó, translated it and hosts it. And it’s all legal and above board. Read More
Administrative Testing… is this thing on? *tap, tap* 22 Mar 2011 Can you all hear me? Up the back? Just testing to see if the new host is working. We have some unfinished trimmings, like the blogroll, but if you can see this, put a comment below. If you can’t, don’t. 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….