Path: csiph.com!usenet.blueworldhosting.com!feeder01.blueworldhosting.com!border2.nntp.dca1.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!buffer2.nntp.dca1.giganews.com!nntp.earthlink.com!news.earthlink.com.POSTED!not-for-mail NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2016 18:24:45 -0500 Message-ID: <57B3A0E6.5503@ix.netcom.com> Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2016 16:25:26 -0700 From: The Starmaker Reply-To: starmaker@ix.netcom.com X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.04Gold (WinNT; U) MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: sci.physics,sci.physics.relativity,rec.arts.sf.written Subject: Re: The ProbabilityWave is _virtual_, not physical. References: <3a0acbf8-5c2f-4e8e-877d-1b1899996a04@googlegroups.com> <82c39daf-d7f2-4563-a3d0-36e74110f3c8@googlegroups.com> <57b23ba8$0$43881$c3e8da3$5e5e430d@news.astraweb.com> <57B34DE8.6606@ix.netcom.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 47 X-Usenet-Provider: http://www.giganews.com NNTP-Posting-Host: 108.219.229.47 X-Trace: sv3-56ZQPO1G5qD5VWotxuL4iSWlxhzKYC28kyYVg8gzb4RaPLYgqmFRRaljU7/2BDjGJkbJFPKhSuAPucc!SEfI0M7UszbaL3njXbKGVBpzJkvBcI/8Ucwe386Zz4FUrKfNCQcgVknXeX9VWCjpRxVMVxusY4w7!7MNpWxnY96A= X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.40 X-Original-Bytes: 3394 Xref: csiph.com sci.physics:593464 sci.physics.relativity:390156 rec.arts.sf.written:448702 Gary Harnagel wrote: > > On Tuesday, August 16, 2016 at 11:31:00 AM UTC-6, The Starmaker wrote: > > > > Tom Roberts wrote: > > > > > > "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." -- > > > Arthur C. Clarke. > > > > > > I looked at your "sufficiently advanced technology", ...I opened up the > > IBM PC, looked inside...and there was no magic. It's junk now. > > So to see ahead of you, you look at your butt? > > > All "sufficiently advanced technology" becomes just junk. > > Of course, weirdo, but that's not what Clarke was talking about. Are you > really do ignorant? > > > But, but..if you're talking about "sufficiently advanced technology" > > created by aliens from outer space...sorry, i don't read science fiction > > books. > > Then you are the poorer for it: "Lest it distort pure science and give people the false illusion of scientific understanding, he recommended complete abstinence from any type of science fiction." -Albert Einstein > > "What makes Mr. Heinlein a part of the American literary tradition is > that his characters do prevail. His work represents the fundamental > American optimism that still surprises our friends around the world. > As Mr. Heinlein taught us, the individual can and will succeed. The > first step in the individual's success is the perception that success > is possible. > > "He wrote about the future because the future is where all of us will > live. "I never think of the future - it comes soon enough." - Albert Einstein "A happy man is too satisfied with the present to dwell too much on the future." - Albert Einstein