tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2202092988208583550.post834250318860601446..comments2024-03-04T15:09:00.479-08:00Comments on The Scientific Worldview: Quantum Mechanics: A watched pot (particle) never boils?Glenn Borchardthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09394474754821945146noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2202092988208583550.post-2471308474530275992017-04-23T02:21:45.664-07:002017-04-23T02:21:45.664-07:00Hi Glenn, I read the article 'Zeno effect'...Hi Glenn, I read the article 'Zeno effect' verified: Atoms won't move while you watch. So, my question is: is an atom an atom than? It seems like the situation that a coach has stopped which can be verified but the passengers, behind the blind windows, can't be seen and are moving around? I know that small entities are used in physics, I read '(....).000000001 degree above absolute zero.' Another question arises: what does that mean, being nearby absolute zero? I once studiead the Carnot cycle to get some idea what temperature is and the explanantion why absolute zero was introduced. But, still, I do not know what temperature is. I then read in the cited article: Temperature is a measure of a particle’s motion. Hence, <br />I can use the field of thermometry to measure the speed of my car or when I walk? How then, do I known that p.e. 45 degrees above corresponds in a unique way to some velocity? henk korbeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00980854278183124249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2202092988208583550.post-65774056221126336512017-04-19T20:41:54.215-07:002017-04-19T20:41:54.215-07:00Bligh:
Maybe you missed this Blog:
http://thesci...Bligh:<br /><br />Maybe you missed this Blog:<br /><br />http://thescientificworldview.blogspot.com/2012/10/gps-does-not-require-relativity.html<br /><br />Ron almost invented GPS, so he should know. Of course, the internal motions of clocks are influenced by their environments. One example is the hour glass, which takes more than an hour at high altitudes because it depends on gravity. In out space, the hour glass would hardly work at all. None of this has to do with relativity or "time dilation," which is only used when c is assumed to be constant, which it is not.<br /><br />Maybe you are referring to the "gravitational redshift," which occurs when the velocity of light increases as it leaves its source.Glenn Borchardthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09394474754821945146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2202092988208583550.post-3838844172926279992017-04-19T15:09:12.450-07:002017-04-19T15:09:12.450-07:00Having trouble following GC here.
The observer ef...Having trouble following GC here. <br />The observer effect is only a factor when physically measuring a physical system, not when "thinking" about it. <br />But, yes GPS shows us that both gravity and motion,(two related things, anyway)do affect physical mechanisms such as time clocks which include atomic oscillations. They do slow compared to the Earth station.<br />Is GC saying they do not slow?<br />Blighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10160829900151513063noreply@blogger.com