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happy_atheist Member (Idle past 4935 days) Posts: 326 Joined: |
quote:Actually i'm pretty certain that most of the major things in star trek have at least been hypothesized as being possible. For example teleportation, its a real phenomenon and has been performed in a lab.
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Tony650 Member (Idle past 4054 days) Posts: 450 From: Australia Joined: |
Heh, way ahead of you, happy; I posted the link for this some time back in this message.
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Christian7 Member (Idle past 270 days) Posts: 628 From: n/a Joined: |
WOAH! YOU JUST EXCITED ME TO THE 77th power dude! GIVE ME THE LINK TO THAT LABRATORY TELEPORTATION ARTICLE. WE CAME SO FAR IN TECHNOLIGY. YOU BETTER NO BE LIEN
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coffee_addict Member (Idle past 499 days) Posts: 3645 From: Indianapolis, IN Joined: |
Have you been living under a rock? Anyone with the least interest in science should know about this for a long time now.
The Laminator We are the bog. Resistance is voltage over current.
For goodness's sake, please vote Democrat this November!
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AdminNosy Administrator Posts: 4754 From: Vancouver, BC, Canada Joined: |
You've been asked not to do that.
It also makes you look rather childish.
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Tony650 Member (Idle past 4054 days) Posts: 450 From: Australia Joined: |
Guidosoft writes: GIVE ME THE LINK TO THAT LABRATORY TELEPORTATION ARTICLE. You can find it at:
BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Teleportation breakthrough made
I would imagine that there would be more up-to-date information on this by now, but I haven't checked up on it for a while. I'll take a look around some time and see if I can find anything more recent. Until then, hopefully, that link will suffice. For what it's worth, there it is. Enjoy!
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lfen Member (Idle past 4699 days) Posts: 2189 From: Oregon Joined: |
teleportation, its a real phenomenon and has been performed in a lab. Yeaah, but the scientist got his head swapped with a fly! Talk about your bugs, bet you never saw that happen on Star Trek. You won't find me teleporting. I don't want to end up being sucked dry by some spider. lfen
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happy_atheist Member (Idle past 4935 days) Posts: 326 Joined: |
i was lucky enough to give a presentation on teleportation at university when I was doing my physics degree. It took a bit of persuading my group though, they actually wanted to talk about global warming instead! lol
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nator Member (Idle past 2191 days) Posts: 12961 From: Ann Arbor Joined: |
quote: That "dawdling" is called "character development", and "storyline building".
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Tony650 Member (Idle past 4054 days) Posts: 450 From: Australia Joined: |
happy_atheist writes: i was lucky enough to give a presentation on teleportation at university... Outstanding! Was it based on the same quantum entanglement principle that was used (so I understand) in the link I gave?
happy_atheist writes: ...when I was doing my physics degree. Good stuff! So do you actually have formal qualifications in physics (or any field within physics)? Just curious...I hope you don't mind my asking.
happy_atheist writes: It took a bit of persuading my group though, they actually wanted to talk about global warming instead! lol Oh jeez, there's a tough decision; global warming or teleportation? Don't make me choose!
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happy_atheist Member (Idle past 4935 days) Posts: 326 Joined: |
Yes, teleportation is based on the quantum entanglement principles Its amazing how limited our macroscopic views of the universe are. And yes I have a physics degree, but I don't profess to be any good at physics. I didn't do as well as i'd have liked. I've since moved on to do a masters in computer science which is going much better though
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Tony650 Member (Idle past 4054 days) Posts: 450 From: Australia Joined: |
happy_atheist writes: Yes, teleportation is based on the quantum entanglement principles Heh, I know that teleportation is based on quantum entanglement. I was talking specifically about your presentation.
happy_atheist writes: Its amazing how limited our macroscopic views of the universe are. Indeed. The further down we go, the less clearly defined everything seems to be. Ultimately, it all becomes a probabilistic "haze" at the smallest levels. Out of curiosity (hope you don't mind my questions), did your physics degree require an in-depth understanding of quantum theory? Because it is definitely one of the more difficult physical concepts to wrap your mind around.
happy_atheist writes: And yes I have a physics degree, but I don't profess to be any good at physics. I didn't do as well as i'd have liked. Perhaps not but to have received a degree you must surely have a pretty good understanding of it. They don't just hand those things out. Well, they don't at *cough* accredited universities anyway. In any case, I know how hard physics gets and I tip my hat to anyone who has earned a university level degree in the subject.
happy_atheist writes: I've since moved on to do a masters in computer science which is going much better though Glad to hear it. I had a mate who did similar; studied physics (becoming quite proficient, too) but majored in computer science, even doing an extra year by honours.
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happy_atheist Member (Idle past 4935 days) Posts: 326 Joined: |
quote:Yes, we did our best to explain entanglement. Not the easiest of things to get your head around hehe. quote:We had two courses in quantum physics, one in the second year and one in the third year. Apart from the straight quantum physics courses we also had a course in statistical mechanics in the third year. That uses quantum mechanics to derive thermodynamic principles. We also had a course in atomic physics that used a lot of quantum mechanics. Pretty much the only place it didn't pop up in was relativity.
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Tony650 Member (Idle past 4054 days) Posts: 450 From: Australia Joined: |
happy_atheist writes: Yes, we did our best to explain entanglement. Not the easiest of things to get your head around hehe. Indeed. Depends on your audience as well, I would imagine. Some concepts are harder than others to "dumb down".
happy_atheist writes: We also had a course in atomic physics that used a lot of quantum mechanics. I know I keep plugging my own thread but we're already way off topic here (sorry admins) and you may be interested in some of the questions I asked. For example, the concept of the "curled up" microscopic dimensions came up, at one point, and I asked a few questions you may be knowledgeable on, if you are familiar with things on that level.
happy_atheist writes: Pretty much the only place it didn't pop up in was relativity. Ah yes, I understand there is something of a contention between them. They both explain things very well on their respective levels but can't be unified into a single theory of gravity, or something to that effect?
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happy_atheist Member (Idle past 4935 days) Posts: 326 Joined: |
quote:Thats right, quantum mechanics and relativity are like oil and water. They just refuse to mix. I don't know if that means either of them is wrong or that there's something more fundamental we're missing that would explain both of them.
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