Does somebody know what Vacuum is ? / Socratus The "firm" below says they do... they say they make the best vacuum in the world......expensive, though (HAR) http://www.kirby.com/
On Thursday, February 7, 2013 2:01:24 AM UTC-5, socratus wrote: > > Does somebody know what Vacuum is ? > No, we don’t know what Vacuum is. > 1 > Paul Dirac wrote: > ‘ The problem of the exact description of vacuum, in my opinion, > is the basic problem now before physics. Really, if you can’t > correctly > describe the vacuum, how it is possible to expect a correct > description > of something more complex? ‘ > 2. > The most fundamental question facing 21st century physics will be: > What is the vacuum? As quantum mechanics teaches us, with > its zero point energy this vacuum is not empty and the word > vacuum is a gross misnomer! > / Prof. Friedwardt Winterberg / > 3. > Wikipedia : > “ Unfortunately neither the concept of space nor of time is well > defined, > resulting in a dilemma. If we don't know the character of time nor of > space, > how can we characterize either? “ > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spacetime > 4. > "Now we know that the vacuum can have all sorts of wonderful effects > over an enormous range of scales, from the microscopic to the cosmic," > said Peter Milonni > from the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico. > 5. > ‘ All kinds of electromagnetic waves ( including light’s) > spread in vacuum . . . . thanks to the vacuum, to the specific > ability of empty space these electromagnetic waves can exist.’ > / Book : To what physics was come, page 32. R. K. Utiyama. / > ==. > So, we know that the vacuum is very important conception in physics > and nature, but . . . but . . . we don’t know what vacuum is, and > therefore > is possible to have many speculations including metaphysical too. > For example: Danah Zohar wrote: > > ‘It might even give us some ground to speculate that > the vacuum itself (and hence the universe) is ‘conscious’. > / Book ‘The quantum self ’ page 208. / > # > ‘If we were looking for something that we could conceive > of as God within the universe of the new physics, this ground > state, coherent quantum vacuum might be a good place to start.’ > / Book ‘The quantum self ’ page 208, by Danah Zohar. / > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danah_Zohar > > The question is: > How is it possible to prove Zohar’s metaphysical confirmation > with physical laws and formulas? > ==. > Socratus > ===. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Epistemology" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to epistemology+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to epistemology@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/epistemology?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
