Quantum Trickery - Einstein's Strangest Theory

breckinshire writes "The New York Times is running an interesting story on Einstein's strangest theory. The theory was brought to light this past fall when 'scientists announced that they had put a half dozen beryllium atoms into a "cat state." [...] These atoms were each spinning clockwise and counterclockwise at the same time.' It is an interesting writeup for even the uninitiated and also concentrates on Einsteins role as a 'founder and critic of quantum theory.'"

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Re:Ah ha

[Troed]

http://www.simulation-argument.com/

This paper argues that at least one of the following propositions is true:

(1) the human species is very likely to go extinct before reaching a posthuman stage;

(2) any posthuman civilization is extremely unlikely to run a significant number of simulations of their evolutionary history (or variations thereof);

(3) we are almost certainly living in a computer simulation.

It follows that the belief that there is a significant chance that we will one day become posthumans who run ancestor-simulations is false, unless we are currently living in a simulation.

Easily done

[tintub]

spin a top on a glass coffee table. It will be spinning clockwise and anti-clockwise at the same time, depending on the position of the observer (below or above). WOW!