[MD] BioCentrism: Was Zeno correct?

[MarshaV]

Ooops, sorry for confusing Andre for Adrie...   


On Nov 6, 2010, at 7:57 AM, MarshaV wrote:

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> Adrie,
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> Now it's In the beginning (and straight from his bucket) is the word of Adrie...    
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> I find quantum physics very interesting.  At the moment it is in a state of 
> confusion and paradox. For me it is too early to place money on a front-runner, 
> and that would include Stephen Hawking no matter how many times he is 
> quoted on robertpirsig.org.
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> Marsha 
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> On Nov 5, 2010, at 5:30 PM, ADRIE KINTZIGER wrote:
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>> MARSHA introducing Zeno in the postings.
>> An experiment published in 1990 suggests that Zeno was right. In
>> this experiment, scientists demonstrated the quantum equivalent of
>> the adage that "a watched pot doesn't boil." This behavior, the
>> "quantum Zeno effect," turns out to be a function of observation.
>> "It seems,"said physicist Peter Coveney, "that the act of looking at
>> an atom prevents it from changing". Theoretically, if a nuclear bomb
>> were watched intently enough -- that is, if you could check its
>> atoms every million trillionth of a second -- it wouldn't explode.
>> Bizarre? The problem lies not in the experiments but in our way of
>> thinking about time. Biocentrism is the only comprehensible way to
>> explain these results, which are only "weird" in the context of the
>> existing paradigm.
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>> Pirsig is rejecting this Parmenides-Zeno koan-like occult reality.
>> Marsha and Mark are trying to launch it back in.
>> Backpeddling to the caves?
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>> This material is based upon the case's evidence.
>> ps. Mc Watt is quoting HAWKING a zillion times on his page.
>> http://robertpirsig.org/MOQTime.htm   see for yourself
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>> greetzz, Adrie.
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