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Aug 26, 2007 7:33 PM CST Quantum .............. Physics.......
Dusty45
Dusty45Dusty45Louisville, Kentucky USA54 Threads 2,642 Posts
Quantum .............. Physics.......

Is this a ligitimate, viable science?

Is it only a theory, a figment of someone's imagination?
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Aug 26, 2007 7:33 PM CST Quantum .............. Physics.......
Dusty45
Dusty45Dusty45Louisville, Kentucky USA54 Threads 2,642 Posts
I think it's a fascinating subject.

It would be interesting to get many viewpoints regarding this subject.
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Aug 26, 2007 7:34 PM CST Quantum .............. Physics.......
Mysticalguy
MysticalguyMysticalguyEvansville, USA38 Threads 1,164 Posts
I believe it is legitimate science....Viable? we'll have to wait for the results on that one.
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Aug 26, 2007 7:42 PM CST Quantum .............. Physics.......
Daniel4021
Daniel4021Daniel4021Somewhere, Tennessee USA157 Threads 8,986 Posts
I wish you would have been here about a year ago when we were discussing time travel, it started out serious, but then turned humerious, it was really enjoyable...
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Aug 26, 2007 7:45 PM CST Quantum .............. Physics.......
Dusty45
Dusty45Dusty45Louisville, Kentucky USA54 Threads 2,642 Posts
That might fit into this subject as well. Time travel can be integrated into this thread
as well.
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Aug 26, 2007 7:46 PM CST Quantum .............. Physics.......
agman
agmanagmanEagle, Idaho USA3,145 Posts
Very ligitimate and quiet viable for scientist who work in the area.
No hocus pocus here. cool
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Aug 26, 2007 7:50 PM CST Quantum .............. Physics.......
FunGuyWithBrain
FunGuyWithBrainFunGuyWithBrainNorth Liberty, Iowa USA10 Threads 4,741 Posts
Quantum physics is cutting edge science. head banger head banger
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Aug 26, 2007 7:53 PM CST Quantum .............. Physics.......
Dusty45
Dusty45Dusty45Louisville, Kentucky USA54 Threads 2,642 Posts
What implications does it have for the physical world of dense materiality?
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Aug 26, 2007 8:29 PM CST Quantum .............. Physics.......
gtbulldog
gtbulldoggtbulldogTowson, Maryland USA32 Threads 2,873 Posts
Quantum mechanics is a fundamental branch of physics with wide applications in both experimental and theoretical physics. The effects of quantum mechanics are typically not observable on macroscopic scales, but become evident at the atomic and subatomic level. Quantum theory generalizes all classical theories, including mechanics and electromagnetism, except general relativity, and provides accurate descriptions for many previously unexplained phenomena such as black body radiation and stable electron orbits.professor
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Aug 26, 2007 8:39 PM CST Quantum .............. Physics.......
hiphopHONEY
hiphopHONEYhiphopHONEYsanta barbara, California USA21 Threads 310 Posts
I have taken quantum physics calculus based and I loved it thou it was difficult...but I need it to be an engineer.

If yours is like my classes youll be learning about mechanics of Solids and Fluids, Electricity and Magnetism, Heat, and light. You probably dont have to learn all that

Quantum physics is both experimental and theoretical physics. Not typically observable or macroscopic scales but more into atomic and subatomic levels

wait until you get into relativity...that subject sucks
laugh

good luck if you need help I have been through the torture too of learning it willing to land a hand and a smile and a pillow if you feel like hitting something when it gets hard handshake
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Aug 26, 2007 8:44 PM CST Quantum .............. Physics.......
Dusty45
Dusty45Dusty45Louisville, Kentucky USA54 Threads 2,642 Posts
I find this subject just fascinating. The current unimaginable ideas of today bringing

fiction into reality. Unexplainable occurances that become potential reality.
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Aug 26, 2007 8:45 PM CST Quantum .............. Physics.......
mastic55
mastic55mastic55Long Island, New York USA167 Threads 6,859 Posts
Is this like one of those Tom Cruse things?
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Aug 26, 2007 8:54 PM CST Quantum .............. Physics.......
Dusty45
Dusty45Dusty45Louisville, Kentucky USA54 Threads 2,642 Posts
Relativity, a good subject too.

But, what would we do without it....laugh
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Aug 26, 2007 8:55 PM CST Quantum .............. Physics.......
otterjaguar
otterjaguarotterjaguarTulsa, Oklahoma USA8 Posts
<Is it only a theory, a figment of someone's imagination?>

in science, "theory" is a pretty robust concept. I think the term you mean to say is "hypothesis" which is basically an educated hunch in need of data to support it. With enough data and statistical analysis a hypothesis can become a theory, which basically means it is a concept that is probably true and is therefore a pretty strong statement about reality.
professor
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Aug 26, 2007 8:58 PM CST Quantum .............. Physics.......
Dusty45
Dusty45Dusty45Louisville, Kentucky USA54 Threads 2,642 Posts
handshake Thank you. I appreciate the correction.
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Aug 26, 2007 9:04 PM CST Quantum .............. Physics.......
plarkin
plarkinplarkinMinneapolis, Minnesota USA69 Threads 514 Posts
Quantum physics on CS! There's hope for us all yet! It's absolutely a viable science. Read up on string theory. It will revolutionize computing and our lives.

Also I find the theory of alternative universes fascinating. Every time you make a decision you fork (any Unix Man(2) API people here?) and in an alternate universe you make the decision that you didn't in this one.
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Aug 26, 2007 9:07 PM CST Quantum .............. Physics.......
FunGuyWithBrain
FunGuyWithBrainFunGuyWithBrainNorth Liberty, Iowa USA10 Threads 4,741 Posts
I never quite liked the string theory. It seems somewhat "forced". I have doubts that it will last for too long. I could be wrong though.

Parallel universes are indeed an interesting concept.
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Aug 26, 2007 9:08 PM CST Quantum .............. Physics.......
Dusty45
Dusty45Dusty45Louisville, Kentucky USA54 Threads 2,642 Posts
I only have 'inkling' information about alternative universes.

Speculative ideas welcome in this thread. Love it.
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Aug 26, 2007 9:13 PM CST Quantum .............. Physics.......
Daniel4021
Daniel4021Daniel4021Somewhere, Tennessee USA157 Threads 8,986 Posts
The string theroy means that we have alternate worlds vibrating just out of phase with one another. Which in theroy there are duplicate people there of all of us..
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Aug 26, 2007 9:26 PM CST Quantum .............. Physics.......
Dusty45
Dusty45Dusty45Louisville, Kentucky USA54 Threads 2,642 Posts
An amazing transformation happens beyond the atom--everything solid disappears. Atoms are composed of vibrating energy packets that have no solidity at all, no mass or size, nothing for the senses to see or touch. The Latin word for a packet or package is quantum, the word chosen to describe one unit of energy inside the atom, and, as it turned out, a new level of reality.

At the quantum level nothing of the material world is left intact. It is strange enough to hold up your hand and realize that it is actually, at a deeper level, invisible vibrations taking place in a void.
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