what the **** do we know?

Saw it in class a month ago...
 
I wanted to see it when it came out a while ago
Then i read a buncha stuff on it and it's mostly rubish
I watched some of it on google video before i got bored and stopped
 
I'm essentially a total layman, but I don't think that little vid got anything 'wrong'...can you elaborate? (haven't watched the full thing myself yet)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_mechanics
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncertainty_Principle

Uncertainty Principle said:
The position and momentum of the particle are observables. The Uncertainty Principle of quantum mechanics states that both the position and the momentum cannot simultaneously be known with infinite precision at the same time.
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Niels Bohr said:
"Anyone who is not shocked by quantum theory has not understood a single word."
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yeah, delving further it looks like it's a load of crap, the whole movie i mean, but there's some interesting physics underneath all the weird newage stuff

and that video is totally accurate
 
Ennui said:
yeah, delving further it looks like it's a load of crap, the whole movie i mean, but there's some interesting physics underneath all the weird newage stuff
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Ya, that's pretty much the conclusion i came to
Physics = cool, creepy newage stuff = scarey
 
i am in concurrence, you fluffy huggable stoner
 
Ok, that's cool. I thought about a cheesecake being delivered to my door by a purple octopus. It didn't happen IRL TBH.

Edit - These people give humans way too much capability.

Edit 2 - "We are one" so what? I'm still skinny and weak. All this shit is academic.

Edit 3 - I get a ****in hardon when my penis thinks there's even POTENTIAL for sex. It's actually telling ME to have sex, I'm not telling it to have sex.
 
thankyou so much for showing us this
its a fascinating look at the possible nature of reality
 
Saw this about a year ago. Of course 2 weeks after I watched it I saw Drew Barrymore on the Tonight Show talking about it, so I thought "shit...there goes any credibility this movie might have had".

Some interesting stuff, to be sure, but it does have it's share of crackpots, too.
 
I watched the trailer without sound (deaf computer), and from what I can see, it's a demonstation of the double-slit experiment.

Why is everyone so damn shocked? It's the first thing they teach you in A-Level physics. It's a pretty old experiment.

-Angry Lawyer
 
The first thing they tought me at A-Level physics was how to reverse the polarity on a flux capacitor.

Oh wait. I don't do physics. :(
 
Sulkdodds said:
The first thing they tought me at A-Level physics was how to reverse the polarity on a flux capacitor.

Oh wait. I don't do physics. :(
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That's as simple as plugging it in the other way around :shh:

-Angry Lawyer
 
First thing I learned at my physics internship involved the possibility of a resonance cascade. Next thing you know, I've got some weird thing stuck to my face and one of the senior scientists killed me with a metal stick.
 
So lets hear what everyone thinks of observation changing the physical reality of whats being observed.
 
I think it has rather interesting metaphysical and philosophical ramifications as well, since the experiment is well-verified. In relation to hard physics it's only an interesting new property, but when you extend it beyond that to the realm of possibility in metaphysics and other philosophy it's very big indeed.
 
yes it is interesting, personally I think its a key paradox that shows there is a more intrinsic link between mind and matter ie, what we think is seperate (different physical aspect's) are infact directly interelated in some fashion.

To be honest I believe the true nature of the particle is the wave form (pure potential), we seem to be the determinate factor that when observing makes it out to be a physical object.. and hence it behaves differently, so by that reasoning the way we percieve is what determines the physical interpretation and appearance of our universe.
 
The photon exists at both places at once. On a quantum level, things aren't exactly "There", but only "Mostly there".

It was explained rather well in my A-Level physics book. Something like, when a photon moves to a location, it doesn't just go there in a straight line - it takes EVERY possible path. However, every path has an opposite that cancels the other out, besides the obvious straight line one, therefore making it incredibly unlikely that it'll take any other path. Think of when you get a wave, and one out of step - they cancel each other out.

-Angry Lawyer
 
I think exactly as i did before, everything is everywhere at once the same timeframe, it is the perspective of the subject that effects everything else.
Infinite realities, yes.

Probability is 1, infinite.........the way you see the universe, as the earth, the people on it e.t.c would certainly exist.
 
The photon exists at both places at once.
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But does it have a true nature? it's what we see that creates that duality, so in essence our reception of the information is the sole reason that makes it seem like it's existing in both places at once.
 
clarky003 said:
But does it have a true nature? it's what we see that creates that duality, so in essence our reception of the information is the sole reason that makes it seem like it's existing in both places at once.
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It's not our brain alone that creates it, it's everything.

That's the thing i didn't like about the video, they said everything was "one" which i agree but they also seemed to seperate off the mind as something "above" which is shit.
 
i think it's cool as ****. but i'm a raging new age weirdo
 
who will be the first to unlock the true potential of the universe? or has it already been done, and we're simply unable to realize it yet
perplexing stuff
 
Ok.... so how do I give myself big muscles and a 24 inch cock?

This, as far as I understand, is just another "feel good" theory. No practical use, it's just like any other religion. Something to hide behind.
 
personally i think we do have the ability to do absolutely anything we want, just that we have so firmly grounded personal and mass beliefs that the universe function like it does and that we are limited and thus cannot influence things the way we want.

like pesmergas question, maybe if you truly recognized your ability to do it without doubt you'd be able to.
 
CrazyHarij said:
i think it's cool as ****. but i'm a raging new age weirdo
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Yeah, I'm fairly into new age stuff. When I saw the movie a few months ago, I thought it was quite interesting and well put together.

But overall, the video's pretty meh. I can have more revelations and epiphanies just by going outside and staring at the blue sky than by watching it.
 
IMO all of the universe is a stack of dominos. Thar is no free will.
 
Pesmerga said:
IMO all of the universe is a stack of dominos. Thar is no free will.
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My belief too, there are litmitless possibilites but there is only one you will experience.

"to change the future you must change the past"
 
*snip* I refuse to partake in this. I stand by my previous statements.
 
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