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5th February 2011, 08:37 PM | #1 |
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Subquantum Kinetics?
What are the flaws with this theory of Paul A. Laviolette, PH.D. ?
http://www.etheric.com/LaVioletteBooks/ether.html
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Subquantum Kinetics Predictions and their Subsequent Verification http://www.etheric.com/LaViolette/Predict2.html ... |
5th February 2011, 08:42 PM | #2 |
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No evidence supporting it, no useful predictions that it makes. (His "predictions" are simply reanalyses of existing well-understood phenomena -- e.g., he "predicts" the Hubble red shift.)
"Subquantum kinetics proposes the existence of a primordial transmuting ether composed of subtle "etheron" particles. " This could just as well be written "Fairie chromodynamics proposes the existence of a primordial philosopher's stone composed of the multicolored wings of pixies." |
5th February 2011, 09:40 PM | #3 |
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I was going to complain about the lack of equations on the linked website but then I ended up here:
http://www.etheric.com/LaVioletteBoo...k-Secrets.html
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5th February 2011, 10:01 PM | #4 |
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LaViolette papers:
http://arxiv.org/find/physics/1/au:+.../0/1/0/all/0/1 The Philadelphia experiment http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philadelphia_Experiment |
5th February 2011, 10:13 PM | #5 |
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And the Harry Potter books:
http://www.amazon.com/Harry-Potter-B...6969184&sr=1-1 As long as we're giving pointers to magical fiction, I think HP is better written. |
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6th February 2011, 05:22 AM | #7 |
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Well this is a really bad sign
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6th February 2011, 06:58 AM | #8 |
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I gave it a quick read and it sounds like he could be talking about a Higgs Ocean or a 0-brane.
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6th February 2011, 07:50 AM | #9 |
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Well, this:
http://www.etheric.com/LaVioletteBooks/ether.html
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But it's still nice that the antimatter gave a compliment to the subatomic particle. |
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you are new here and welcome but that question of yours will not get much of an answer but the gibberish rants of the trolls of jref. Just look at the answers you recieved; that is all the people here are really capable of. I am immediately turned off on the ether aether either way. But i will take a look see if you really are interested. Please tell me what you understand of electromagnetism. Entanglement? Subquantum kinetics is a huge subject. (ie.... kinetics is not the proper description of energy exchange between mass. Because energy is not a speed thing) |
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here is a venue to observe
ScienceDaily (Feb. 7, 2011) — In typical plasmonic devices, electromagnetic waves crowd into tiny metal structures, concentrating energy into nanoscale dimensions. Due to coupling of electronics and photonics in these metal nanostructures, plasmonic devices could be harnessed for high-speed data transmission or ultrafast detector arrays. However, studying plasmonic fields in nanoscale devices presents a real roadblock for scientists, as examining these structures inherently alters their behavior. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases...0204092203.htm notice the date the whole frame of how mass/energy works is changing. Try not to hold onto describing the crazy stuff (cosmological descriptions) but focus on the basic exchanges at the molecular scale between mass and energy (em). Seeing the Light: Scientists Bring Plasmonic Nanofields Into Focus unless, you have something specific that you are trying to comprehend, i am not certain of your OP inquiry because i personally have not read your linked material. But, if you have a specific, i have no problem with assisting you with 'comprehending' what you are seeking. Forget the trolls who will perhaps try and tell you to learn english or even that you need 'their' education to understand. Let them fools roll off your back like water on a ducks back. if you have specific interests, try to forumlate a question but first try to read a bit on the exchange of energy between mass. ie... subquantum kinetics (yet with the concept of evidence to support the model versus the physics of the speed driven drivel) |
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Partcles as a result of the confined properties of the waves, there is no real duality. They are waves all the time.
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Um, Bishadi, the waves are waves all the time, they are waves before after and during any interaction.The particle nature is a classical macroscopic view of the interaction of the waveforms. They are energy and they are waves all the time.
Apparently your understanding of physics is lacking, I suppose you think Bose-Einstein condensate doesn't exist? It is a great way of seeing the wave nature of atoms. |
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The flaw with the article in the OP: there's no math, just a bunch of woo-woo words.
Anyone coming up with a modern-day physics "theory" had better serve up the math to back it up, otherwise it isn't worth a second glance. I certainly won't be wasting any more time on it. *yawn* |
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Subquantum Kinetics would appear to allow for arbitrary energy values which would for example result in a stream of gamma rays every time you struck a match.
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Why did this thread run out of steam?? I was hoping to see an adequate discussion of subquantum kinetics and specifically of Dr LaViolette's theories.
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There's not much to discuss. LaViolette appears to be a general-issue pseudophysicist, his theories appear to be general-issue pseudoscience handwaving. He's not even particularly prolific or well-known. His attempts to explain "subquantum kinetics" appear to be limited to a three-part 1985 journal article (the journal's web page says this article has been downloaded six times since 2007) and a self-published 1994 book (the listed "publisher", Starlane Publications, operates out of LaViolette's home address and has "published" nothing but three LaViolette books.)
Unless someone shows up claiming to understand, explain, and defend LaViolette's ideas, what is there to discuss? |
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I miss phlogiston.
Maybe I'm old fashioned. Still, there's some chance of a background field of a Higg's like particle. Could become the new ether. (Doesn't explain ecto-plasm, though. Now that's some cool stuff.) |
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