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A challenge for Rooi

Started by Plum39 REPLIES642 VIEWS· 13 Jan 2020, 14:25
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PL
PlumCaptain21,007 posts
13 Jan 2020, 14:25
#1
13 Jan 2020, 14:25#1

Rooi,


Just some fun. If you like...


Here are two videos. The first explains the double-slit experiment and the second shows how deep the rabbit hole actually goes.


The quantum eraser bit took me a few watches to understand but I got there...barely. 


So the challenge, is not really a challenge, just a request for you to take your best shot at explaining what you think might be happening.


Again, it's just fun. 








RO
RooinekCaptain18,117 posts
13 Jan 2020, 15:14
#2
13 Jan 2020, 15:14#2
I think I'll pass, Plumchum.
Last time I gave you the benefit of the doubt and started watching your first quantum eraser clip, the stoned hipster narrating the thing told me I wouldn't understand anything he was about to say unless I'd watched part 1. Part 2 looked like about 6 or 7 minutes and Part 1 that I had to watch first was at least that long as well . . . so I decided spending all that time just to get involved in a discussion on a topic I know nothing about with a person who can't articulate his side of the argument was pointless.
I have no position on quantum erasers and I don't really care what they are or what they do.
PL
PlumCaptain21,007 posts
13 Jan 2020, 15:31
#3
13 Jan 2020, 15:31#3

Pity. If you soldiered through to the end it's pretty interesting. 

RO
RooinekCaptain18,117 posts
13 Jan 2020, 16:12
#4
13 Jan 2020, 16:12#4
It's a bit like reading Stephen Hawking. You don't understand any of it but it's fascinating nonetheless.
Throughout my life I've thought about novels or short stories I'd like to write. They would probably all be about time in some way . . . or strands of a possible reality that may have happened depending on certain decisions or circumstances . . . or the time/space possibilities as described in the delayed choice quantum eraser double slit experiment.
I also enjoy movies about time. Examples are Inception, Midnight in Paris, About Time, Looper, Butterfly Effect, Source Code etc.
Worth the watch, I admit.
SH
sharkbokCaptain23,216 posts
13 Jan 2020, 16:36
#5
13 Jan 2020, 16:36#5
I am not sure the person talking in these videos is truly an expert in the topic, and perhaps he is just someone that has read lots of books on the topic - to be able to chat about the ideas
PL
PlumCaptain21,007 posts
13 Jan 2020, 18:13
#6
13 Jan 2020, 18:13#6

Rooi,

You missed the most epic of epic time travel movies off your list.

Primer.

Don't read anything about. 

Just trust me, if possible. See if you can download or stream it somewhere. It's the the time travel equivalent of Fight Club. 

PS I read A Brief History of Time, it wasn't too bad. There's another one on cosmology, The Fabric Of The Cosmos , I think it's called, by Brian Green. Made it to the end but ja, I had to go very slow.

PL
PlumCaptain21,007 posts
13 Jan 2020, 18:18
#7
13 Jan 2020, 18:18#7

Shark,

He's not making any claims in the video.

Just tells you in popular science terms what the outcome of the quantum eraser experiment is and what it's outcome was. 

No conclusions drawn 

It's for you and your brain alone to break over.

I'm hope I still alive when they finally underatsnd why they're getting those results...haha or maybe not.



SH
sharkbokCaptain23,216 posts
13 Jan 2020, 18:25
#8
13 Jan 2020, 18:25#8
Plum, 
This topic (Quantum Physics) is so abstract and theoretically, that most people do not understand it. I also watch YouTube videos on astrology and I have actually seen this person before. I just get the impression that he is more someone that chats about the topic, than an actual scientist. 
Have you seen Lawrence Krauss?  He seems very knowledgeable
PL
PlumCaptain21,007 posts
13 Jan 2020, 18:29
#9
13 Jan 2020, 18:29#9

Shark,

I don't know about the guy.

He doesn't give any opinion. 

Anyway, I'm sure there are plenty of other videos about that experiment. 

It really is worth soldiering through. 

Once you understand what they found...It'll always bu g you.

Haha

PL
PlumCaptain21,007 posts
13 Jan 2020, 18:36
#10
13 Jan 2020, 18:36#10

Yep, I watched a few videos from Krauss.

SH
sharkbokCaptain23,216 posts
13 Jan 2020, 18:53
#11
13 Jan 2020, 18:53#11





PL
PlumCaptain21,007 posts
13 Jan 2020, 19:46
#12
13 Jan 2020, 19:46#12

Shark, 

Astrology.

Say what now?

SH
sharkbokCaptain23,216 posts
13 Jan 2020, 19:54
#13
13 Jan 2020, 19:54#13

Meant Astronomy, ie. astrophysics  - not the horoscopes . 

PL
PlumCaptain21,007 posts
13 Jan 2020, 22:14
#14
13 Jan 2020, 22:14#14

Yeah yeah, Mystic Meg.

PL
PlumCaptain21,007 posts
14 Jan 2020, 09:22
#15
14 Jan 2020, 09:22#15

Shark walks into a bar...

He sees a good looking lass seated on her own and walks over...

"So, what's your sign?" h e asks.

"The bird," she says, raising her middle finger.

RO
RooinekCaptain18,117 posts
14 Jan 2020, 10:28
#16
14 Jan 2020, 10:28#16

I'm currently working on a project to eliminate all cancers . . . then I'll move onto Geminis . . .

DB
DbDraadCaptain26,388 posts
14 Jan 2020, 11:09
#17
14 Jan 2020, 11:09#17

Tell us more...

CL
CleanCutPro9,905 posts
14 Jan 2020, 11:19
#18
14 Jan 2020, 11:19#18

That's a relief ... I'm Aries.


RO
RooinekCaptain18,117 posts
14 Jan 2020, 11:47
#19
14 Jan 2020, 11:47#19

That whoooshing sound is the joke flying high over the lobotomy scars on Draadtrekker's flat, sloping forehead.

"Tell us more . . ."

LMAO!

CE
CeradynePro9,374 posts
14 Jan 2020, 11:47
#20
14 Jan 2020, 11:47#20

“ Posted by: CleanCut (9029 posts)

Jan 14, 2020, 11:19

That's a relief ... I'm Aries.”


#MeToo. 

PL
PlumCaptain21,007 posts
14 Jan 2020, 11:59
#21
14 Jan 2020, 11:59#21

Don't make fun of star signs.

It's offensive to Sharkie.

Cumon, have a heart 

DB
DbDraadCaptain26,388 posts
14 Jan 2020, 12:59
#22
14 Jan 2020, 12:59#22

"Jan 14, 2020, 11:47


That whoooshing sound is the joke flying high over the lobotomy scars on Draadtrekker's flat, sloping forehead.

"Tell us more . . ."

LMAO!"


Whoosh!!!

RO
RooinekCaptain18,117 posts
14 Jan 2020, 13:38
#23
14 Jan 2020, 13:38#23

"Whoosh!!!"

Translation:

"Uh-oh . . . I was too dull-witted to get Rooinek's joke so everyone will see what a humourless and unworldly dolt I am . . . what can I do? I know, let's just post one of my "whoosh" messages so everyone thinks the joke's on Rooinek rather than on me . . . that works every time!"

LMAO!

PL
PlumCaptain21,007 posts
14 Jan 2020, 13:52
#24
14 Jan 2020, 13:52#24

Draad and Rooi are both Tauri(is that the plural for Taurus?).

Rooi, Draad got the joke. 

I'm afraid his whoosh beats yours today.

So much whooshing.


RO
RooinekCaptain18,117 posts
14 Jan 2020, 13:55
#25
14 Jan 2020, 13:55#25

Nope. I am what my star sign is and I'm not a bull.

PL
PlumCaptain21,007 posts
14 Jan 2020, 14:17
#26
14 Jan 2020, 14:17#26

Bullshit? 

CL
CleanCutPro9,905 posts
14 Jan 2020, 14:34
#27
14 Jan 2020, 14:34#27

Not so sure about that, Plum.

Redneck's "whoosh" was pretty well timed ... it took Draad by surprise ... I get the feeling he was flummoxed ... a bit confused ...

Draad has that same confused feel about him when I speak to him about his "world dominating" Goats.

If I had to guess, I would say that Redneck was a Virgo.

A good mate of mine is one and he's just as full of shit.



RO
RooinekCaptain18,117 posts
14 Jan 2020, 14:40
#28
14 Jan 2020, 14:40#28

No, I'm not a Virgo because I'm not a virgin. I have 4 children and 6 grandchildren.

I repeat, I am what my star sign is. I doubt too many people can say that.

It's not that difficult to work out what my star sign is.

CL
CleanCutPro9,905 posts
14 Jan 2020, 14:41
#29
14 Jan 2020, 14:41#29

Ceradyne ... I thought there was something about you that I liked.

My man!!!



CL
CleanCutPro9,905 posts
14 Jan 2020, 14:49
#30
14 Jan 2020, 14:49#30

How about Gemini? You are a twin after all.



RO
RooinekCaptain18,117 posts
14 Jan 2020, 14:51
#31
14 Jan 2020, 14:51#31

Yes, I'm a twin and my star sign is Gemini, so I am what my star sign is.

DB
DbDraadCaptain26,388 posts
14 Jan 2020, 15:08
#32
14 Jan 2020, 15:08#32

"Draad has that same confused feel about him when I speak to him about his "world dominating" Goats."

Nope, no confusion...and we only dominated the Poms in the final, not the whole world...please try and keep up...and I'm almost as bitter/angry as you are about the decline in most things in this country, but not bitter enough not to recognize and enjoy the good things to be had too.

RO
RooinekCaptain18,117 posts
14 Jan 2020, 15:33
#33
14 Jan 2020, 15:33#33

". . . but not bitter enough to recognize and enjoy the good things to be had too."

Hmmm . . . so the more bitter you are, the more likely you are to recognize and enjoy the good things in life?

Sounds like something that only a very stupid person would say.

DB
DbDraadCaptain26,388 posts
14 Jan 2020, 15:42
#34
14 Jan 2020, 15:42#34

Thanks Miss Rottenmeier.

CL
CleanCutPro9,905 posts
14 Jan 2020, 18:22
#35
14 Jan 2020, 18:22#35

Damn ... I'm good!!!



DB
DbDraadCaptain26,388 posts
14 Jan 2020, 18:44
#36
14 Jan 2020, 18:44#36

"Damn ... I'm good!!!"

 Indeed, but not quite as good as you might think Mr. "Fine Arts".

DB
DbDraadCaptain26,388 posts
14 Jan 2020, 18:47
#37
14 Jan 2020, 18:47#37

"Yes, I'm a twin and my star sign is Gemini, so I am what my star sign is."


Oh, Dear Lord, not two of 'm!!!

RO
RooinekCaptain18,117 posts
15 Jan 2020, 14:53
#38
15 Jan 2020, 14:53#38
"Rooi, Draad got the joke. "
Oh really?
Well, unless you're communicating offline with Draadtrekker you're either basing that on his reply "Tell us more" or else his silly little "whoosh". 
The former is a fairly clear indication that he wanted more information and didn't realize it was a joke while the second is a concept he's been struggling with for literally years now and still doesn't understand. . . so you've basically whooshed yourself.
PL
PlumCaptain21,007 posts
15 Jan 2020, 16:07
#39
15 Jan 2020, 16:07#39

I felt the "tell us more" was a sarcastic jibe.

That's how's I understood it anyway.

So his whoosh, in that context, makes sense.

Let's ask Mr Draad and see what he says.

Unless you think that he actually believes you're working on a cure for cancer, anticipate finding it, and have already begun planning your next exploit...which is to, I guess, find a cure for being a Gemini or gas chamber Geminis world wide. 


DB
DbDraadCaptain26,388 posts
15 Jan 2020, 16:56
#40
15 Jan 2020, 16:56#40

"Unless you think that he actually believes you're working on a cure for cancer, anticipate finding it, and have already begun planning your next exploit...which is to, I guess, find a cure for being a Gemini or gas chamber Geminis world wide. "

Indeed Plum...BTW, I am a Cancerian leaning close to Gemini ...I was wondering who the Geminis were....and it wasn't really a "jibe" it was a dry joke. However,  it seems he has lost his sense of humor with anything involving me .

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