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To: RJA_ who wrote (116617)	2/24/2016 1:47:16 PM
From: koan	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 217910

That is interesting, but not surprising in the sense that I expect we are about to discover many amazing things in science. These supercomputers, are making all the difference in the ability of our scientists to discover amazing properties of physics. About 15 years ago, I turned my attention from philosophy to physics. There are so many books out there today that do a good job of explaining physics, without a person needing to know the math. I was very happy when I learned about the mysteries of quantum physics and things like the Heisenberg uncertainty principle, and the property of vacuums. I had always wondered, how could this universe contain the interest of an advanced intellect. It just seemed to be too small, too simple. What I especially liked about the Heisenberg uncertainty principle, was the idea that one can never know anything for sure. That given enough time anything can happen. It also answers the question of how something came out of nothing at some point in the past-lol? But then when you learn the great complexities of physics, that even the physicist do not understand what they mean or how they work e.g. the multi-verse which theorizes complexity and largeness so great that it should be enough to keep even the most advanced civilizations from getting bored, the universe makes more sense and allows one to realize that the totality of reality is magnitudes greater than anything our tiny little ape brains perceive. Today, banks and corporations are experimenting with quantum wave theory as it pertains to instantaneous communication and quantum movement. Interestingly, speed hit a wall for fast trading because of the curvature the earth, but the phenomenon of instantaneous communication that Einstein called spooky action at a distance they think could solve that problem i.e. there would be no time delay at all in trades. They would become instantaneous. Einstein always hated instantaneous communication and for that matter the Heisenberg uncertainty principle. That was the largest debate of the last century that most people don't know about. It was Einstein and his followers versus Niels Bohr and the quantum physicists Fellows with regard to whether one can know both the position and momentum at the same time. You cannot. In the end, Einstein admitted defeat, but he still felt there was some underlying principle he was missing and spent the rest of his life working on the unified field theory. Which he never figured out. Thanks for the post, that was very interesting.