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In reply to the discussion: I prefer to be uncompromising than spineless... [View all]Jim__
(14,075 posts)59. I agree with post #57 about decoherence.
I don't know whether or not this agrees with your understanding of decoherence, but the Stanford Encyclopedia has a pretty good discussion of it:
Interference phenomena are a well-known and crucial feature of quantum mechanics, the two-slit experiment providing a standard example. There are situations, however, in which interference effects are (artificially or spontaneously) suppressed. We shall need to make precise what this means, but the theory of decoherence is the study of (spontaneous) interactions between a system and its environment that lead to such suppression of interference. This study includes detailed modelling of system-environment interactions, derivation of equations (master equations) for the (reduced) state of the system, discussion of time-scales etc. A discussion of the concept of suppression of interference and a simplified survey of the theory is given in Section 2, emphasising features that will be relevant to the following discussion (and restricted to standard non-relativistic particle quantum mechanics.[1] A partially overlapping field is that of decoherent histories, which proceeds from an abstract definition of loss of interference, but which we shall not be considering in any detail.
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Actually, the first post is a criticism of behavior and beliefs, not bigotry...
Humanist_Activist
Mar 2012
#43
Look, I understand that your cognitive processes are hampered by a lack of exercise...
Humanist_Activist
Mar 2012
#106
I happen to think that the atheist POV is purposefully and extremely narrow-focused and
humblebum
Mar 2012
#118
Never said they were, and that narrow focus and narrow-mindedness is asking for evidence...
Humanist_Activist
Mar 2012
#132
It was very specific. You must be using your own definition for that word if you think otherwise.
cleanhippie
Mar 2012
#138
Assuming that to be true, and only assuming, it does not make your dichotomy any less silly.
rug
Mar 2012
#26
There aren't many people on this board who want to compromise when it comes to...
trotsky
Mar 2012
#3
No,you are taking a quote, that may or may not be accurate, out of context to reinforce...
Humanist_Activist
Mar 2012
#23
Why, exactly, am I expected to tolerate delusion and wilful ignorance disguised as "faith"?
AlbertCat
Mar 2012
#111
I tried searching for it, and only found it, not in exact words, here:
Humanist_Activist
Mar 2012
#22
Not necessarily, I'm calling people's ignorant use of him as an authority on this...
Humanist_Activist
Mar 2012
#34
First off, its still hasn't had extensive testing yet,it doesn't "prove" anything...
Humanist_Activist
Mar 2012
#133
Actually, he's mostly wrong, its mostly predictible, mostly linear, and Einstenian...
Humanist_Activist
Mar 2012
#35
Also... we aren't talking about the same 'decoherence' at all. Not even sort of. nt
Joseph8th
Mar 2012
#85
Except,... that these particular mere matters of taste must also be taken as vitally important
AlbertCat
Mar 2012
#113
Compromise on what? Separation of Church and State, LGBT rights, Women's rights and health care?
Humanist_Activist
Mar 2012
#29
Sorry I wasn't clear, I meant women's access to health care, BC and EC in particular, but also...
Humanist_Activist
Mar 2012
#38
There's a difference between accepting political reality and being accepting of the beliefs...
Humanist_Activist
Mar 2012
#45
I do not tolerate the intolerant, I do not kowtow to the foolish, if that makes me unreasonable...
Humanist_Activist
Mar 2012
#28
Years ago some of our family group (7 bedroom house, some family, some friends in residence)
pinto
Mar 2012
#48
So is it your point of view that only uncompromising Christians are the problem?
Leontius
Mar 2012
#66
Anyone who thinks that scientific scepticism is 'the propagand arm for materialist technocracy' is
LeftishBrit
Mar 2012
#136
Science I view as a mental tool to help discover the world, it therefore helps in development of...
Humanist_Activist
Mar 2012
#143
Another day another argument but if you want to give an opinion on what was actually being
Leontius
Mar 2012
#73
You said something. I chose to give an opinion on it. Don't like it? Tough.
2ndAmForComputers
Mar 2012
#74
You have no answer to what I said, so you complain that I talked about a post of yours
2ndAmForComputers
Mar 2012
#77
No you don't seem to understand what my post was about or have nothing to add to
Leontius
Mar 2012
#78
Yes, but the problem is not that they are Christians, but that they won't compromise.
Jim__
Mar 2012
#79
Put yourself down as willing to compromise on women's rights - because you're nothing but talk.
Jim__
Mar 2012
#99