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To: Zardoz who wrote (13698)5/12/1999 7:26:00 PM
From: pater tenebrarum  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 99985
 
**OT** Hutch, we could speculate endlessly on this. i would say though that quantum physics and astrophysics have made great strides since Einstein. re: wormholes, the weak and strong cosmic censorship hypothesis argue that the singularity formed by a collapsed star should always lie in the future of an astronaut foolhardy enough to try this out. only if meeting up with the singularity could somehow be avoided would travelling through a wormhole be feasible; even time travel would be possible in this case and surely you are aware of the paradoxons involved. Einstein together with another physicist(i think his name was Rosenblatt) even devised a model of a wormhole that would lead to another universe where all the laws of ours would be inverted. interesting but impractical. to all interested in a grand overview of 20th century physics i heartily recommend "Emperor of Mind" by Roger Penrose. actually the book is meant to be an argument against artificial intelligence(read: self-awareness of computers), but it covers a lot of ground and is more informative than most popular science books.

regards,

hb



To: Zardoz who wrote (13698)5/12/1999 8:57:00 PM
From: Casaubon  Respond to of 99985
 
**OT**

actually I've read some "new" very interesting stuff about predicting the location of quantum particles that had previously been thought impossible. This has applications in quantum cryptography and the DOD is actively pursuing this research for secure data transmission. Quantum mechanics is really in its infancy and will lead to lots of new stuff. I don't buy the concept "nothing is new". We prove that wrong over and over again.


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