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Superposition in fiction (WIP)
Superposition is the simultaneous and concurrent existence of conflicting states in probability. Schrodinger’s Cat is the most famous example of an hypothetical superposition. Schrodinger’s Cat was the famous physicist’s thought experiment, in which a cat is placed in a box with a poison and an unpredictable trigger release. The cat may or may not be…
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The laws of causality
All events have one cause, and a limitless number of possible causes. All events may be considered to cause one further event, but cause a limitless number of possible further events. No cause or event, past, present or future, is determined other than by probability. An event can only be considered to be caused, or…
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Entangled
Quantum entanglement is not wierd or crazy. Particles can become entangled when they interact with each other or are emitted from a common source. When electrons or particles are paired they become part of a system of which the net energy is zero. Let’s say two photons (particles of light) are emitted from a particle…
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Space-time or time space?
Einstein called reality under the fourth dimension of time ‘space-time’, by which term he defined the four dimensional parameters of reality, being the three physical dimensions plus time. He showed that while time is not a constant, it is variable (curved) in a predictable and determined way. Einstein talked about time as if it is…
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An Essay on Causality
Determination is the enduring mystery for the human imagination. We have very exact languages for describing causality but none of them can see a bus coming. We have constantly tried to fill the void that is our knowledge of the future, first by imagining gods, then by attempting to understand evolutionary, physical and biological laws…
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Gravity
Gravity famously doesn’t respect the laws of quantum physics. The reason for this seems obvious if we look at it in terms of perception rather than science. If we think about an orchard of apples collectively, the question of which apple will fall, and when, and even if any will ever fall at all, is…
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If then else
Artificial intelligence is driven by algorithms. An article by Andrew Smith in the Guardian points out that there is nothing mysterious about these. An algorithm is the basic process by which a computer makes simple binary decisions. If a happens then do b, else do c. Computers can execute this process at unimaginable speed,…
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Religious science
It is often said that the principles of Buddhist philosophy are supported by the science of quantum physics, but I have never seen an explanation of why this is so. Here is one. The first principle of Bhuddist thinking usually encountered by Westerners is the idea that objects are not solid and concrete but are…
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Emotion
We all know what emotion is. We know what feelings we would normally define as emotions. But when it comes to defining and measuring emotion precisely, or even predicting it, we are less clear. What is it? How strong is it? Where does it come from? When does it come? Why does it pass? When…
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An essay on intelligence
We live in a strange world that is almost entirely imaginary. In order to reassure ourselves we call it ‘real’ or ‘material’ but it is no such thing. Objects are permanent and lasting only in our minds. There is nothing apparently material that does not age or decay, and this is the cause of much…
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