Physics - May 2007

a.) Free Will

ARGUMENT:
Observation determines decoherence from multiverses in Hilbert space, causing "Quantum Leaps" through possible outcomes, allowing individuals to live in "chosen" universe(s) at a given time.

b.) Afterlife

ARGUMENT:
Infinite number of multiverses where an individual does NOT die, causing infinite transcendences through universes of immortality, age reversal, enlightenment, etc.

These are the arguments from proponents of New Age craziness, Buddhist babble, and other such bull crap. I just want to know the counter-arguments (though I am interested in the Free Will predicament considering that even respectable people like Penrose are proponents of it).

2007-05-18 17:02:32 · 6 answers · asked by Smokey 2

what is your view on this:
If time were analogous (ie: then you could slow down time for an eternity without ever reaching a point where time ceases to flow completly)
if so, then this implies (or states) that all motion is "infinitely" fast (or slow, how ever you like it) to cover any distance, no matter how large or small.

And if any motion is infinitely swift
then this implies (or states) that any distance is infinitely great.
so your computer monitor is infinate distance from you, and it will take an eternity to move your first finger to begin a response.
time, like the wind, goes a hurrying by... :)

perhaps to answer my own question, the fact that its 'both' infinitely 'fast and slow' simultaneously renders it to a medium or average which becomes what we call "actuall" etc.
oh well, God is truly beautifull.

being human (seriously),
my perception is limited, so maybe someone could correct or clarify this logic to me.

thanks in advance

2007-05-18 16:39:20 · 3 answers · asked by zentoccino 2

2007-05-18 16:27:53 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

A baseball is thrown horizontally at 25 meters per second from a cliff 45 meters above level ground.
Approximately how far from base of cliff does the ball hit the ground

230m
140m
45m
75m

2007-05-18 16:10:13 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

The apparatus that can be used are :
small coil of wire
voltmeter
switch
low voltage power supply
other standard equipment which may be found in a school/college laboratory is available

2007-05-18 16:08:05 · 3 answers · asked by poo 1

Newton's law of cooling says that the rate of change of an object's temperature is proportional to the difference between the object's temperature and the temperature of its environment. However, can the rate of change be positive? How would this work?

2007-05-18 15:40:06 · 2 answers · asked by Million 2

At t = 0, a 765 g mass at rest on the end of a horizontal spring (k = 130 N/m) is struck by a hammer, which gives it an initial speed of 2.71 m/s.

Determine the period of the motion.
s

I used T= 2(pi) sqrt(k/m)

2007-05-18 15:18:34 · 3 answers · asked by sleepy 1

If you drop a bullet at the same hieght as you shoot a gun will they land at the same time?.......my science teacher was talking a bout this and i didn't know if it was true.......is it?

2007-05-18 14:41:36 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-05-18 14:14:03 · 3 answers · asked by stevie m 1

and you had unlimited vision, would you see the back of yourself when you looked up ?

2007-05-18 12:43:57 · 3 answers · asked by Louie O 7

Consider the two moving boxcars in Example 5. Car 1 has a mass of m1 = 65 103 kg and moves at a velocity of v01 = +0.79 m/s. Car 2, with a mass of m2 = 92 103 kg and a velocity of v02 = +1.2 m/s, overtakes car 1 and couples to it. Neglect the effects of friction in your answer.
(a) Determine the velocity of their center of mass before the collision
______m/s

(b) Determine the velocity of their center of mass after the collision
______m/s

(c) Should your answer in part (b) be less than, greater than, or equal to the common velocity vf of the two coupled cars after the collision?
?less than
?greater than
? equal to
Justify your answer.

2007-05-18 11:32:16 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

A projectile (mass = 0.20 kg) is fired at and embeds itself in a target (mass = 2.50 kg). The target (with the projectile in it) flies off after being struck. What percentage of the projectile's incident kinetic energy does the target (with the projectile in it) carry off after being struck?
______%

2007-05-18 11:31:10 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous

is it possible to make your own greatly scaled down wind turbine and if so how could u

2007-05-18 10:56:26 · 3 answers · asked by nathan 2

What is the formula to determine the rate of flow (gallons per minute) of water through 1/2 inch pipe at a given pressure?

2007-05-18 10:40:08 · 1 answers · asked by itsmyitch 4

for the distance that the projectile would be OFF target? I suspect the rotation of the Earth! what does OFF target mean?

2007-05-18 10:21:38 · 1 answers · asked by I don't get it! 1

what is energy loss, why does it happen, does it always happen, are there any exceptions...please answer anything you know about energy loss im doing a experiment that may or mayn not work beacuase of energy loss...also do you think it is possible for a car to run on turbines turned by the wheels..please explain

2007-05-18 10:20:22 · 5 answers · asked by nathan 2

This might sound silly but I was just reading on howstuffworks.com about how special relativity works and they were saying about how when an electron becomes "excited" A packet of energy, called a photon or quanta, will be released. This of course got me wondering just what is the deal with photons? What are they exactly?

2007-05-18 09:53:39 · 10 answers · asked by tazie5001 2

There is a formula, to calculate duct or shaft size and shaft height.You can place the right sized evap. downdraft cooler on top of the right size and height tower and cool air flows down the shaft without a blower. All you add is water to the pads. Anyone know the formula? Thanks!.......Larry

2007-05-18 09:26:22 · 1 answers · asked by NMexican 4

you have a 100 lb on one side and 10 lb on the other and the boards fulcrum point is 40'' on one side and 60'' on the other how much force will the 10 lb have aginst it

the 100 lb is on the 40'' side and the 10'' lb is on the 60'' side what is the thrust on the 10 lb (going up )?

2007-05-18 09:16:10 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

Yes! A solid disk of 10 kg and a radius R=1m, 12.5 cm wide starts rolling down a 10 degree incline when it is 1 m above the base of the incline. Assuming no slippage compute:
(a) Translational velocity when it gets to the bottom of the incline?
(b) It’s potential energy?
(c) It’s total energy?
(d) How old is the observer?

2007-05-18 09:10:35 · 1 answers · asked by Edward 7

2007-05-18 07:56:11 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-05-18 07:41:44 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

i cant find much info on volumetric displays of the type im looking for. holodust looks good but there is next to no information on it, where could i find more? i looking at true 3d mid-air displays of the sort you could touch, so not heliodisplay.

2007-05-18 07:36:37 · 1 answers · asked by samuel p 1

the vibrations in the tube are caused by what?


A.Harmonics
B.Reinforcement
C.Beats
D.Resonance

2007-05-18 06:22:27 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-05-18 06:08:12 · 7 answers · asked by ohmygodicantfindanid 1

It is a question of Vector chapter in Physics in the level of class XI & XII

2007-05-18 05:55:04 · 4 answers · asked by Kittu 1

(Please take neutrino for example)

2007-05-18 05:45:22 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

If you have a spring which is 5 cms long and you add 100gs to the end and it stretches to 10 cms long, if you added ANOTHER 100gs how long would the spring be?

2007-05-18 05:39:20 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-05-18 05:19:54 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

Infinite number of frictionless snooker balls of radius R
are initially at rest on level surface along straight line
at equal intervals.

After the first ball is cued, it hits the second ball,
the second ball hits the third, and so on...

cue=====< O O O O O O O O O O .....

What is maximum distance D between the centers of
adjacent balls, such that the sequence of collisions
will continue for infinitely long time?

2007-05-18 05:14:31 · 3 answers · asked by Alexander 6