[extropy-chat] more on Afshar Experiment, as of 7 weeks ago

[Mike Lorrey]

--- BillK <pharos at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Sun, 19 Sep 2004 14:31:38 -0500, Damien Broderick wrote:
> > 
> > 
> > July 29, 2004
> > 
> > Afshar Experiment for a Single Photon
> > 
> 
> It seems that Afshar is still unpublished and formal peer-review has
> not happened yet.
> The jury is still out.
> 
> One opposing view from W Unruh dated Aug 7 2004, is here:
> <http://axion.physics.ubc.ca/rebel.html>
> 
> Another from M Pitkanen, Dept. of Physics, University of Helsinki:
> <http://www.physics.helsinki.fi/~matpitka/articles/doubleslit.pdf>

I would have to say that the use of inference is the problem, the
drawing conclusion from an absence. This is faulty, like saying, "Well,
I just heard thunder, but I wasn't struck on this side of my house, it
must have hit my front yard..." 


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Mike Lorrey
Chairman, Free Town Land Development
"Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom.
It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves."
                                         -William Pitt (1759-1806) 
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