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  1. PolyHedral

    The big bang and the creation of the universe.

    There's nothing to explains, since energy always existed.
  2. PolyHedral

    Evidence

    I thought all the previous examples missed the point by re-assigning the labels. :p
  3. PolyHedral

    Einstein and "spooky actions"

    So what's reality? :D
  4. PolyHedral

    Evidence

    It was simpler than that. '2' and '1' still refer to the integers.
  5. PolyHedral

    Evidence

    Anyone who can tell me what rules I'm working under such that 2+2=1 gets frubals. :D
  6. PolyHedral

    Einstein and "spooky actions"

    Why not just take the equation at face value? Say that the object you're dealing with actually is this complex-valued self-interacting field that you get entangled with, and voila, no ontology issue. :p
  7. PolyHedral

    Einstein and "spooky actions"

    Non-local hidden variables are technically permitted, but those are spooky action at a distance, so aren't really helpful. :D
  8. PolyHedral

    Einstein and "spooky actions"

    You didn't answer the question. In an ontological sense, is a particle "really" definitely spinning either up or down even when the state vector says its both?
  9. PolyHedral

    Einstein and "spooky actions"

    So what do you think is "real?" Is the particle "really" up or down, even though the state vector says otherwise?
  10. PolyHedral

    Einstein and "spooky actions"

    What it is in the real world is up-down. To say otherwise implies hidden variables, which are verboten.
  11. PolyHedral

    Einstein and "spooky actions"

    A theta greater than one corresponds to an angle greater than 60 or so degrees. (There are 2pi, not 2 radians in a circle.) Importantly, it means that S > L, which means your stated conclusion is wrong.
  12. PolyHedral

    Einstein and "spooky actions"

    What about circumstances where theta is greater than 1?
  13. PolyHedral

    INDISPUTABLE Rational Proof That God Exists (Or Existed)

    The example you want is e, not pi. ;)
  14. PolyHedral

    Einstein and "spooky actions"

    Your equations suggest that the shadow can never be faster than the hand, which is wrong. The first form of the equation also suggests that moving the screen further away won't make a difference, which is also wrong. If my algebra is correct, then the equation you're actually looking for is...
  15. PolyHedral

    Einstein and "spooky actions"

    That's because you're only interested in the position of the light source. I'm interested in how the FTL shadow looks like frm other positions, i.e. is it actually possible to transmit FTL events into someone else's lightcone?
  16. PolyHedral

    Einstein and "spooky actions"

    Doing it with a point source and a planar screen means that the ends of the screen are further away from the source than the middle, which makes the calculations more difficult.:p
  17. PolyHedral

    Einstein and "spooky actions"

    Doing the whole problem with a point source projected onto a curved screen makes the calculation easier, because all the points of the screen are equally close to the source. Doing it with a planar light source and a flat screen doesn't produce a shadow with the require properties.
  18. PolyHedral

    Einstein and "spooky actions"

    So the lower beam splitter somehow magically knows that the situation is symmetrical? Photons, being oscllating electromagnetic fields, have rotational phase. If you overlap two photons of the same frequency and amplitude 180 degrees out of phase with each other, they disappear completely, as...
  19. PolyHedral

    Einstein and "spooky actions"

    Of course I won't take anyone's word for it. I'll take anyone's demonstration of it, though. :D (I don't lack the ability to calculate it, just the time.) It might look greater than c, but since the light itself is limited to c, and the shadow is a signal "in" the light, then there's something...
  20. PolyHedral

    Traits and Reincarnation

    Apart from your memory, and the physical body you are occupying together (neither of which remain the same in the case of a clone) what is "you?"
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