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As that "debate" is online and can be accessed by anyone, for free, we can each make our own decisions about the extent to which you actually engaged in a debate, and the exten to which that debate included "the thought experiment from all angles".
Myself, I think tusenfem's characterization ("P did not really give any real answers, just handwaving") is accurate. |
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They can be easily detected indirectly with my experiment proposal. The rest is all in quantum physics' and engineers' hands.
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Good luck with what?
Do you understand the concept of a mirage, for instance? Your intuition tells you that there is a floating city above the ground. Your knowledge tells you otherwise. Likewise many scientific discoveries, some testable by yourself, defy our normal understanding. But, and here's the important part: the universe is under no obligation to make sense to you, personally. |
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How? Explain.
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You can find a draft in the aforementioned Academia link.
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No, I'm asking you to explain it to me.
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Thanks.
Here is what I asked (bold added): Imagine you have an empty universe with 1 star in it. The star is a single atom of curium, of isotope 250. What happens? In particular, will it eject fire? What, in the magical philippeb8 universe, is the "plasma" in this case? Please be specific. |
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It's like the Michelson-Morley experiment at a high velocity or against the frame of reference of the Earth, aboard the ISS. We will be able to detect a difference in wavelength depending on the direction the laser is traveling.
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Wait ... haven't there been quite a few such experiments done?
Haven't the results of those experiments been published?
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You're joking, right?
Or something worse? Please explain, in detail, how the "fire" "ejected" by a single atom of curium, of isotope 250 is a "plasma". For avoidance of doubt, this is a pretty good example of the "few vague evasive responses" that Robin mentioned earlier, and "not really any real answers, just handwaving" that tusenfem described. |
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No.
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So for the same laser beams having the same energy, the wavelengths will be different depending on the direction it is emitted.
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Again, I don't understand what you mean. Could you detail it further?
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You said it was chemical so I want to know where the issue lies. You seem to be very loathe to put any effort into your answers. |
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Really?
A couple of minutes' searching turned up (nowhere near a complete list): de Sitter, 1913 Tomaschek, 1924 Kennedy, 1926 Illingworth, 1927 Kennedy-Thorndike, 1932 Ives-Stilwell, 1938 Brecher, 1977 Wolf, 2003 Müller, 2007
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