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- From: bweiner@ruhets.rutgers.edu (Benjamin Weiner)
- Newsgroups: sci.physics
- Subject: Re: Error in NO FTL Signal Proofs exposed.
- Message-ID: <Nov.12.19.37.01.1992.405@ruhets.rutgers.edu>
- Date: 13 Nov 92 00:37:01 GMT
- References: <BxJ3Fz.CKK@well.sf.ca.us> <92317.082912MRG3@psuvm.psu.edu> <1992Nov12.152135.29581@sei.cmu.edu>
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- firth@sei.cmu.edu (Robert Firth) writes:
- [re Sarfatti]
- >I'm not going to sound like a broken record, so this will be
- >absolutely my last contribution to the debate: please, somebody,
- >DO THE EXPERIMENT. This issue will never be decided on the
- >basis of scripture, dogma, and anathema. Only Nature knows;
- >go ask her.
-
- Look, Robert, you're not giving us credit. The issue is not, (1) does
- this method of FTL communication exist? The issue is, (2) does
- orthodox QM imply this possibility?
-
- (1) can only be tested by experiment, but no compelling reason has been
- given to believe it. Unless you or anybody else is interested enough
- to actually *fund* the experiment, it won't get done.
-
- On the other hand, (2) is possible to discuss mathematically. The
- problem is that Sarfatti evades all attempts to construct a rigorous
- description of his apparatus and calculations. You seem to have a
- good grasp of quantum mechanics - so can you tell us what he's talking
- about?
-