Apparently Albert was really smart NGC

[oldbike54]

 Our local NPR station has been reporting on positive proof of the existence of gravitational waves . Einstein predicted the possibility of them 100 years ago . Geez , how amazingly brilliant was the man?
 

 Dusty

[HardAspie]

Very bright! But not perfectly so, he missed the call on Quantum Theory!

Now, can we learn to surf those things?

[oldbike54]

Very bright! But not perfectly so, he missed the call on Quantum Theory!

Now, can we learn to surf those things?

 Yes , on a Max Planck 

  Dusty

[HardAspie]

I don't think I could handle the weight of a Max; need a shorter Planck.

[Moto]

Mind boggling. 1.2 billion years ago, and 1.2 billion light years away, two black holes each about 30 times as massive as the Sun executed their death spiral, releasing energy equal to three times the mass of the Sun in a fraction of a second. That energy outshone all the stars in the observable universe for that fraction of second, by fifty times.

And from here it all amounted to a comical little chirp.

So it goes.

Moto

[HardAspie]

Ahh...

But if QM theory is valid - as it seems to be - then locality is an illusion caused by perceptions of spacetime limitations. And those great things happening way out there may be more important to us that we can currently observe.

hey, and you guys are awesome!

[oldbike54]

 We just don't want to appear Bohring 

 Seriously , the thing that amazes me , Einstein and his peers jumped physics ahead hundreds of years. Very unusual in the world of science .

 Dusty

[HardAspie]

Yes they did. All our current physics is built upon two bases: Relativity, and Quantum Theory. All our current work is in the area of confirmation and refinement. There has been nothing like the physics of the late 19th into the early 20th centuries.

(I kinda like physics)

[Muzz]

Truly is mind boggling. He was as they say "a bright cookie".

A couple of weeks ago I went to an exhibition of Leonadp Da Vinci models constructed from his drawings. Another bright cookie.

[HardAspie]

My heroes tend to be these bright cookies. Blazing beacons in the darkness of the world.

[beetle]

Quantum physics makes my brain hurt. Einsteinian physics, I can get my head around.

[HardAspie]

Is it QM's indeterminacy that is the problem?

[Moto]

My heroes tend to be these bright cookies. Blazing beacons in the darkness of the world.

Well, we all shine on, like the moon and the stars and the Sun!

Even when we move a hand we generate a gravity wave that ripples out forever, or almost forever.

[HardAspie]

Well, we all shine on, like the moon and the stars and the Sun!

Even when we move a hand we generate a gravity wave that ripples out forever, or almost forever.

Exact! All is connected. We are just beginning to grasp the depth of this concept.

[beetle]

Is it QM's indeterminacy that is the problem?

Yes. The ramifications are mind boggling.

[oldbike54]

Is it QM's indeterminacy that is the problem?

 That indeterminacy was why Einstein had his reservations , he liked things more clear cut .

 Dusty

[HardAspie]

You guys are wonderful.

Yes, Einstein hated QM indeterminacy. He ought to have embraced it! Only in a non strictly mechanistic universe could we have any version of free will, indeed an indeterminate universe demands it. Probabilities are the best of all philosophical roots.

[oldbike54]

 Laura , Einstein's greatest talent was his ability to design experiments that proved his theories . QM presents a roadblock in that regard , or did until recently . The Large Hadron collider will allow science to design experiments that will open up a whole new window into QM , maybe even leading to some form of unified theory . Seems we are entering another period of great advancement in our understanding of the universe , or universes .

 Dusty

[beetle]

Only in a non strictly mechanistic universe could we have any version of free will,

This is where I bow out. Thanks for the brief interlude of high-brow discussion. 

[Kent in Upstate NY]

Quantum physics is easy. Everything is just Bozos and Futons.

[oldbike54]

Quantum physics is easy. Everything is just Bozos and Futons.

 Oh , "futon torpedoes", now it all makes sense 

 Dusty

[Sasquatch Jim]

  It all works on PFM anyway.

[sib]

Very bright! But not perfectly so, he missed the call on Quantum Theory!.....

Not giving the man enough credit.  He did get the Nobel, after all, for explaining the photoelectric effect, a purely quantum mechanical phenomenon. At the time, the Nobel committee wasn't quite convinced that general relativity was real.

[Chuck in Indiana]

Not giving the man enough credit.  He did get the Nobel, after all, for explaining the photoelectric effect, a purely quantum mechanical phenomenon. At the time, the Nobel committee wasn't quite convinced that general relativity was real.

I don't blame em. Quantum mechanics makes my head hurt, too.. 

[Two Checks]

To go from relativity to physics required a Quantum Leap....

[John A]

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/06/140624093246.htm
This is interesting , an unexpected result of quantum thinking

[RANDM]

Exact! All is connected. We are just beginning to grasp the depth of this concept.

Personally, I'd describe that a little differently.
The ancient Shamans understood that " all was connected"
What we've been been doing since Darwin is proving and
documenting what they knew and using it in a different
way, with different perspective, outlook and purpose.

The Circle turns.

Maurie.

[acogoff]

     There are very few real good mechanics around any more much less a quantum mechanic. Maybe they work on Beemers and Audis.
     I think the Native Americans had it right in that the universe is a big circle, they are descendants of ancient aliens you know.

[oldbike54]

     There are very few real good mechanics around any more much less a quantum mechanic. Maybe they work on Beemers and Audis.

 Roper is a "Quantas" mechanic 

 Dusty

[acogoff]

Roper is a "Quantas" mechanic 

 Dusty

As you can tell, the jist of this post is way over my head. Hope Pete is getting all of the 8 valvers sorted in his area.