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Re: Spin me

From moroney@world.std.spaamtrap.com (Michael Moroney)
Newsgroups sci.physics
Subject Re: Spin me
Date 2016-05-31 14:55 +0000
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Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> writes:

>Electrons aren't discs. John is thinking that quantum mechanical spin is 
>like the spin of a rotating disc. It's not.

Yes.  QM Spin doesn't have a macroscopic equivalant, although it does have
units of angular momentum like actual spin would. Any attempt to describe it
as a little disc or ball spinning on its axis is doomed to failure.

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      Re: Spin me Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2016-05-31 09:11 -0500
        Re: Spin me moroney@world.std.spaamtrap.com (Michael Moroney) - 2016-05-31 14:55 +0000
          Re: Spin me john <johnsefton288@gmail.com> - 2016-05-31 08:03 -0700
            Re: Spin me moroney@world.std.spaamtrap.com (Michael Moroney) - 2016-05-31 16:14 +0000
              Re: Spin me john <johnsefton288@gmail.com> - 2016-05-31 10:31 -0700
                Re: Spin me Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2016-05-31 13:52 -0500
                Re: Spin me moroney@world.std.spaamtrap.com (Michael Moroney) - 2016-05-31 19:15 +0000
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