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Mathematics and the Universe
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RE: Mathematics and the Universe
(January 8, 2009 at 8:44 pm)DD_8630 Wrote:
(January 8, 2009 at 6:51 pm)Purple Rabbit Wrote: In QM also every observed event has a precursor which causes it.
That's not entirely true: quantum tunnelling (inc. radioactive decay), vacuum energy, etc, do not have precursor events. They are truly spontaneous.
True. That's why I introduced the Casimir effect in the first place. There are certain random type events, like the virtual pair creation that causes the Casimir effect. What I meant is that QM didn't do away with causality for a wide range of event types. For nuclear fission, star formation, chemical processes and many other event types, physical causality is an essential part of the current picture on physics.
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Mathematics and the Universe - by Purple Rabbit - December 29, 2008 at 6:16 am
RE: Mathematics and the Universe - by CoxRox - December 29, 2008 at 10:22 am
RE: Mathematics and the Universe - by lilphil1989 - December 29, 2008 at 11:13 am
RE: Mathematics and the Universe - by Purple Rabbit - December 29, 2008 at 11:51 am
RE: Mathematics and the Universe - by Purple Rabbit - December 29, 2008 at 11:33 am
RE: Mathematics and the Universe - by Purple Rabbit - December 30, 2008 at 8:10 am
RE: Mathematics and the Universe - by leo-rcc - December 29, 2008 at 11:11 am
RE: Mathematics and the Universe - by leo-rcc - December 29, 2008 at 11:26 am
RE: Mathematics and the Universe - by CoxRox - December 29, 2008 at 11:31 am
RE: Mathematics and the Universe - by CoxRox - December 29, 2008 at 11:39 am
RE: Mathematics and the Universe - by Darwinian - December 29, 2008 at 11:43 am
RE: Mathematics and the Universe - by CoxRox - December 29, 2008 at 11:46 am
RE: Mathematics and the Universe - by Darwinian - December 29, 2008 at 11:54 am
RE: Mathematics and the Universe - by Purple Rabbit - December 29, 2008 at 11:57 am
RE: Mathematics and the Universe - by Edwardo Piet - December 29, 2008 at 12:23 pm
RE: Mathematics and the Universe - by leo-rcc - December 29, 2008 at 12:02 pm
RE: Mathematics and the Universe - by CoxRox - December 29, 2008 at 12:04 pm
RE: Mathematics and the Universe - by Purple Rabbit - December 29, 2008 at 12:45 pm
RE: Mathematics and the Universe - by leo-rcc - December 29, 2008 at 12:20 pm
RE: Mathematics and the Universe - by CoxRox - December 29, 2008 at 12:27 pm
RE: Mathematics and the Universe - by Purple Rabbit - December 29, 2008 at 2:15 pm
RE: Mathematics and the Universe - by CoxRox - December 29, 2008 at 2:43 pm
RE: Mathematics and the Universe - by Purple Rabbit - December 29, 2008 at 2:51 pm
RE: Mathematics and the Universe - by CoxRox - December 29, 2008 at 6:09 pm
RE: Mathematics and the Universe - by CoxRox - December 30, 2008 at 10:30 am
RE: Mathematics and the Universe - by Purple Rabbit - December 30, 2008 at 2:08 pm
RE: Mathematics and the Universe - by CoxRox - December 30, 2008 at 2:59 pm
RE: Mathematics and the Universe - by Purple Rabbit - December 30, 2008 at 4:33 pm
RE: Mathematics and the Universe - by CoxRox - December 30, 2008 at 5:13 pm
RE: Mathematics and the Universe - by CoxRox - December 31, 2008 at 1:22 pm
RE: Mathematics and the Universe - by Purple Rabbit - December 31, 2008 at 8:46 pm
RE: Mathematics and the Universe - by CoxRox - January 1, 2009 at 8:44 am
RE: Mathematics and the Universe - by CoxRox - January 4, 2009 at 1:55 pm
RE: Mathematics and the Universe - by Edwardo Piet - December 31, 2008 at 2:40 pm
RE: Mathematics and the Universe - by LukeMC - December 31, 2008 at 3:06 pm
RE: Mathematics and the Universe - by Edwardo Piet - January 1, 2009 at 12:22 am
RE: Mathematics and the Universe - by Giff - January 1, 2009 at 9:39 am
RE: Mathematics and the Universe - by Edwardo Piet - January 1, 2009 at 10:18 pm
RE: Mathematics and the Universe - by infidel666 - January 4, 2009 at 2:33 pm
RE: Mathematics and the Universe - by CoxRox - January 4, 2009 at 3:33 pm
RE: Mathematics and the Universe - by Purple Rabbit - January 4, 2009 at 4:41 pm
RE: Mathematics and the Universe - by CoxRox - January 4, 2009 at 5:27 pm
RE: Mathematics and the Universe - by infidel666 - January 5, 2009 at 1:03 am
RE: Mathematics and the Universe - by Giff - January 5, 2009 at 8:43 am
RE: Mathematics and the Universe - by CoxRox - January 5, 2009 at 10:22 am
RE: Mathematics and the Universe - by Purple Rabbit - January 5, 2009 at 3:04 pm
RE: Mathematics and the Universe - by infidel666 - January 5, 2009 at 10:26 am
RE: Mathematics and the Universe - by Darwinian - January 5, 2009 at 1:03 pm
RE: Mathematics and the Universe - by CoxRox - January 5, 2009 at 1:33 pm
RE: Mathematics and the Universe - by infidel666 - January 6, 2009 at 10:21 am
RE: Mathematics and the Universe - by CoxRox - January 6, 2009 at 11:04 am
RE: Mathematics and the Universe - by Darwinian - January 5, 2009 at 1:41 pm
RE: Mathematics and the Universe - by CoxRox - January 5, 2009 at 1:44 pm
RE: Mathematics and the Universe - by Darwinian - January 5, 2009 at 1:46 pm
RE: Mathematics and the Universe - by CoxRox - January 5, 2009 at 1:48 pm
RE: Mathematics and the Universe - by CoxRox - January 5, 2009 at 4:34 pm
RE: Mathematics and the Universe - by Darwinian - January 5, 2009 at 5:30 pm
RE: Mathematics and the Universe - by CoxRox - January 5, 2009 at 5:35 pm
RE: Mathematics and the Universe - by CoxRox - January 6, 2009 at 10:06 am
RE: Mathematics and the Universe - by Purple Rabbit - January 6, 2009 at 1:58 pm
RE: Mathematics and the Universe - by infidel666 - January 6, 2009 at 3:36 pm
RE: Mathematics and the Universe - by Edwardo Piet - January 6, 2009 at 9:07 pm
RE: Mathematics and the Universe - by Purple Rabbit - January 7, 2009 at 2:51 pm
RE: Mathematics and the Universe - by infidel666 - January 6, 2009 at 12:00 pm
RE: Mathematics and the Universe - by CoxRox - January 6, 2009 at 1:00 pm
RE: Mathematics and the Universe - by CoxRox - January 6, 2009 at 5:25 pm
RE: Mathematics and the Universe - by infidel666 - January 6, 2009 at 11:36 pm
RE: Mathematics and the Universe - by DD_8630 - January 8, 2009 at 9:25 am
RE: Mathematics and the Universe - by infidel666 - January 8, 2009 at 10:39 am
RE: Mathematics and the Universe - by DD_8630 - January 8, 2009 at 12:36 pm
RE: Mathematics and the Universe - by Purple Rabbit - January 8, 2009 at 2:08 pm
RE: Mathematics and the Universe - by infidel666 - January 8, 2009 at 4:37 pm
RE: Mathematics and the Universe - by Purple Rabbit - January 8, 2009 at 6:51 pm
RE: Mathematics and the Universe - by DD_8630 - January 8, 2009 at 8:44 pm
RE: Mathematics and the Universe - by Purple Rabbit - January 9, 2009 at 1:32 pm
RE: Mathematics and the Universe - by DD_8630 - January 9, 2009 at 1:40 pm
RE: Mathematics and the Universe - by infidel666 - January 10, 2009 at 12:24 am
RE: Mathematics and the Universe - by DD_8630 - January 10, 2009 at 6:27 am

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