------ Forwarded Message From: veto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2001 09:25:43 +0100 To: "T.J.Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <313@hyperreal.org> Subject: Re: [313] Jeff Mills interview on-line
>I have challenged my physics professors too many times to count. My god, I have such total sympathy with your professor!! > Basically, if man ever does discover that something travels faster than 3 x > 10^8 m/s, science falls apart, I found most of this post to be pretty silly but this point in particular struck a chord- are you really saying that if faster than light particles are proved beyond doubt to exist that a car whose aerodynamics were formulated using quantum uncertainty algorithms will stop being aerodynamic? Or that your microwave oven will cease to operate. Science didn't fall apart when it was discovered that light travels through space in a vacuum and not some "ether" as was previously believed (the same "ether" that "held people onto the surface of the Earth" before the discovery of Gravity), not did it fall apart when it was "discovered" that the Earth orbits the Sun and not vice versa (although a few people's world may have!), Science expands to incorporate new ideas as and when they come about, usually with a delay of a few decade, The interesting thing is the the writer complains of a feeling of "brainwashing" and having the "Imagination" "programmed" out of him- quantum theory was one of the most imaginative feats of the 20th century- thinking of things in two different way simultaneously- wave/particle duality is no mean feat. I believe that Techno can inspire original thoughts and I also believe that it can have a theoretical base however, too often this is simply a case of covering for a lack of any real originality or talent (Ritchie Hawtin in my opinion), also these things can be taken just a little bit too far (I am just old enough to remember the horrors of Emerson Lake and Palmer and Genesis "concept" albums some of which were based on similar "utopian" society ideas as are being touted about today by techno producers who should know better). >Sometimes I think that when it is our time to understand, we will. And until that point we should just keep our heads under the parapet?? Jason Brunton Iridite PS Has anyone heard any good RECORDS recently??? ------ End of Forwarded Message --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]