[extropy-chat] aargh

Damien Broderick thespike at satx.rr.com
Thu Jan 20 03:56:06 UTC 2005


>[me:]
>
>> > This is simply wrong (as I understand it). It seems to imply that with
>> > finer or smarter measuring instruments, we could home in on both 
>> properties
>> > simultaneously; this seems to be incorrect.
>
>[Jeff:]
>
>>Your claim about what it implies is incorrect.
>
>Good grief. DEIXIS ALERT! When I wrote `It seems to imply', I didn't mean 
>the Indeterminacy Principle, I was pointing back to`Your claim'.

At the risk of boring everyone to sleep for good, I have to correct what I 
hastily typed there. I *meant*:

< When I wrote `It seems to imply', I didn't mean the Indeterminacy 
Principle, I was pointing back to `This' -- i.e. Jeff's statement. >

Damien Broderick





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