Re: In search of the perfect Disassembler

Beth wrote:
(Just to note, I'm probably going to sound like I'm talking nonsense,
so you can just fry me.)

> ...the "Stargate" uses "wormholes" (some basic idea of "bending
> spacetime",

Don't forget the hyperdrives!

(Here's a nitpick for you: "Nutrino Ion Generator." Mind you, I never
got why they have Nutrinos-they just excuses to cling to their precious
Conservation of Energy and Momentum theories.)

> And why do they fire "photons"? That means they are firing nothing more
> than "disco lights" at each other!

LASERs, anyone?

> And since then, the "electromagnetic force", "weak nuclear force" and
> "strong nuclear force" have been "unified" too...that is, it's "different
> facets of the same elementary force"...gravity is the fourth and elusive
> thing that needs to also be "unified" with the other three...no-one's
> worked out how to do that yet, though...

Well, I'd bet the unify gravity and spacetime before they unify the
others together.

> But this is the real "revelation" and arguably most important thing of
> Einstein's work...he proposed a "unified model" where, in fact, everything
> turns out to be just "different facets of the same thing"...the whole thing
> can be reduced to "one big geometry problem"...or, at least, that's the way
> things are headed and, so far, Einstein seems to be "on the money" with his
> basic "unified" idea...

The problem is, we've yet to get there, and that's compounded by the
fact that we can't even measure that far down accurately.

> If you like, the physicists often forget that "Murphy's Law" is another
> "universal law" to "unify" into what they are doing...which, of course,
> dictates that the second someone says aloud "we've almost finished", this
> is when "the observer" - due to quantum effects - inadvertantly causes the
> universe to become ten times more complicated than it was previously...

The sentience probably alters universal "constants" by accident. Of
course, once we know everything, then they're out of jobs, so they (or
their subconcious) do it on purpose, probably.

> Yes, this was a Douglas Adams' joke in "Hitchhiker's Guide" that if you
> possess the "question" and "answer" to the universe simultaneously, this
> triggers the universe to become ten times more complicated than it was
> before and you have to start all over again...

That must have been from the restaurant, because I definately don't
remember that from the first book.

> ...remember, it's part of quantum mechanics: The very act of
> "observing" effects the thing you observe...

Sentient interference... you love it or hate it.

> You'll note that once all the physicists agreed that light was a constant,
> they measure it and, oh dear, it appears it's not as "constant" as first
> imagined...and it's changed over time...see? The instant everyone's in
> broad agreement, the "deep irony" (or Murphy's Law, if you prefer that
> "special theory" to my "general theory" :) kicks in and light ceases to be
> "constant"...just to "annoy" everyone...

More like to keep those physicists from losing their jobs.

> Beth :)

NoDot,
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