Quote: Leevil @ June 4, 2007, 1:33 AM
Thank god, and as much as it is fun and I like ghost stories and X-Files, it's... !!
On the more scientific side, I've always wanted to learn about, I think it's Quantum Physics, with all the worm holes and energy thingys. Hawkings got nothing on me
If you want to know if you're a good candidate for Quantum Physics, you could always try out the thought experiment that is 'Schrodinger's Cat'. It's essentially a test of the flexibility of your mind when dealing with 'Quantum'... i.e. the state (in the cat's case, at least) of being alive AND dead as opposed to being alive OR dead. And the idea that this state can only be known if you collapse the probability waveform.
Personally I think Schrodinger would have had a lot more subscribers if he hadn't used a cat. No one likes to think of a poor moggie in such a predicament. Perhaps he should have called it 'Schrodingers Wasp'...
Quantum particles can't be measured in the same way that macroscopic items can... which leads to all sorts of fun and games.
Google 'Schrodinger's Cat'... as well as 'Niels Bohr', Max Planck' and 'John von Neumann'. Have some paracetamol handy!
I'm currently reading 'Six Not-So-Easy Pieces' (which follows on from 'Six Easy Pieces') by Richard Feynman. He does a great job of making this stuff a little easier to understand.