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- From: hoyt@isus.UUCP (Hoyt A. Stearns jr.)
- Subject: Re: Compelling Mysteries (II)
- Message-ID: <1992Nov23.024112.20169@isus.UUCP>
- Followup-To: sci.physics
- Keywords: compelling, mysteries, partridges and pear trees
- Organization: International Society of Unified Science
- References: <1992Nov10.151421.11274@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> <1992Nov10.183620.483@sei.cmu.edu>
- Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 02:41:12 GMT
- Lines: 56
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- Answers from the Reciprocal System of Physics:
-
- In article <1992Nov10.183620.483@sei.cmu.edu> firth@sei.cmu.edu (Robert Firth) writes:
- >
- >(a) We had atoms, then subatomic particles, then quarks. Is there an
- >ultimate structure of matter,
-
- Yes. No quarks tho.
-
- >or will we find more and more fine structure
- >for ever?
-
- No. The basic particle is an actual unit of space-time.
-
- >
- >(b) Why has almost every theory of 'small stuff' since Newton thrown up
- >these wretched infinities? We have them in gravitation, electrostatics,
- >classical electrodynamics, and all over quantum physics. Is this the
- >consequence of a single bogus assumption,
-
- No. Multiple bogus assumptions.
-
- >and is that assumption indeed
- >the assumption that spacetime is continuous?
-
- One of them.
-
- >
- >(c) Are there magnetic monopoles?
-
- No.
-
- >More importantly, is there a way to
- >decide this other than by hunting for monopoles - some simpler experiment
- >that will disprove one model or the other?
-
- A theory that is otherwise complete and consistent with no monopoles
- is pretty good evidence.
-
- >(e) Do antiparticles really travel backwards in time?
-
- That is equivalent to the statement "Do particles really travel backwards
- in space". Anti-particles travel every which way in 3-d time.
-
- > I mean, could you
- >use the spin state of a positron to send one bit of information into the
- >past?
- >
-
- No.
-
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