[MD] BioCentrism: Was Zeno correct?

[MarshaV]

Andre,

Now it's In the beginning (and straight from his bucket) is the word of Andre...    

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.


Marsha 



On Nov 5, 2010, at 5:30 PM, ADRIE KINTZIGER wrote:

> 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.
> 
> -------
> 
> Pirsig is rejecting this Parmenides-Zeno koan-like occult reality.
> Marsha and Mark are trying to launch it back in.
> Backpeddling to the caves?
> 
> 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
> 
> greetzz, Adrie.