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Old 08-18-2017, 10:29   #27
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Originally Posted by tom kelly View Post
Prediction of anything is very difficult, especially if it involves events that will occur in the future. Quote is attributed to various people. eg Niels Bohr, Arthur Ellis and others. Tom Kelly. It is no longer possible to make predictions without reference to the observer or the means of observation.
That's it Tom... bring Heisenberg into the discussion, you know we're all cretinous, knuckledragging, uneducated imbeciles who have no clue about the Uncertainty Principle.

Why are 'professors' so afraid to say they don't know what they don't know and can't understand why some make it through the Q and others don't?
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