http://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=1625515&page=1

Mindblowing in my opinion.

 

what r u doing on honda tech

 

I had an rsx before my s2000 haha.

 

the main poster says on about page three, that if alternate universes are true then science is out the window and we'll have to rely on philosophy.

woohoo!

my degree went from absolutely useless, to just plain useless.

 

wow, what an amazingly opaque explanation of an experiment.

It really sounds like what they are observing is something like how a car's wheels can appear to turn backwards, then forwards, while the car is driving. This is especially apparent on TV.

I read a few articles a while ago about experiments with lasers and multiple frequency pulses running down the same line. My explanation is likely worse than theirs. When you have overlapping waves, you get some odd behavior out of the resulting peaks. You can theoretically use pulses of light at various intervals to effectively send the peak down the line faster than an individual pulse can move. Kind of like waves on a river, where the actual water molecules aren't moving anywhere as fast as the wave.

 

i hate honda tech....... but nice post i sent that to a few of my N.E.R.D
buddies

New
Educated
Reformed
diplomats

haha.... i didnt make this up some one else did.

 

The computer thing is interesting, but not quite as "far-out" as stated on honda tech.


A particle exists in state "A" (this is the particle's eigenstate, or characteristic state), and the particle will gradually "decay" towards state "B". If the particle is interrupted (by observation in this case), the change will immediately halt, and it will revert to its eigenstate; whichever state it is closest to ("A" or "B"). Once the particle's eigenstate changes to state "B", the process will continue. Basically, if it's reached the "point of no return", then it will "jump" toward state "B".

The theory is that by constantly observing the particle, it will not be allowed to "decay" into any other state. No programs were run to determine this answer, but we are 100% certain of the answer.

Please correct me if I'm wrong, but this is the way I remember it.

 

so, is there anyway i can go back into time and get my 5 mins back?

 

they cover that later in the thread - you have to go back and read through it to find it.

Even if you did, it takes at least ten minutes to get your five minutes back, so even if you could do everything in the most efficient way possible, you'd still be out five minutes. But it be a different five minutes, if that matters

 

there is an explanation of parallel universes and the light wavelength phenomenon in the Michael Crichton book "Timeline" that makes alot of sense, fun to read too.