Re: The Quantum Gravity Problem

From: Gene Wirchenko <genew_at_mail.ocis.net>
Date: Sun, 17 Oct 2004 19:26:40 -0700
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"Dawn M. Wolthuis" <dwolt_at_tincat-group.comREMOVE> wrote:

>"Kenneth Downs" <firstinit.lastname_at_lastnameplusfam.net> wrote in message
>news:0m2qkc.f92.ln_at_mercury.downsfam.net...
>> Dan wrote:
>>
>> > Kenneth Downs <firstinit.lastname_at_lastnameplusfam.net> wrote in message
>> > news:<n72pkc.f8h.ln_at_mercury.downsfam.net>...
>> >> Here is a little its-been-a-good-week Friday musing.
>> >>
>> >> I wonder if database theory is suffering from a version of what is
>going
>> >> on
>> >> in Physics. In Physics for the past few decades they have had to
>> >> struggle with the fact that the two fundamental theories of the
>twentieth
>> >> century do
>> >> not play nice together. Relativity describes gravity well, but it is
>not
>> >> a
>> >> quantum theory. Quantum theory is considered the most successful
>theory
>> >> in history, but does not describe gravity. Since most physicists
>believe
>> >> that the underlying truths are quantum in nature, everyone is searching
>> >> for a quantum theory of gravity, instead of searching for the
>> >> relativistic theory of E & M and nuclear forces.
>> >
>> > [snip]
>> >
>> > I remember these discussions from earlier in this newsgroup <ugh!>.
>> > It also seems that others have been discussing this very topic.
>> >
>> > Here is a dialog on the subject:
>> > http://www.dbdebunk.com/page/page/1383843.htm
>> >
>>
>> Well, I think dialog is a strong word when discussing the work of Mr.
>> Pascal. There are some pearls there, but the static sometimes gives me a
>> headache.
>
>I just figure it must be difficult for him to learn anything given that his
>site and work is about debunking everyone else -- such a burden to be the
>one who knows everything when intellectual peasants share the planet with
>him ;-)

     Well, he covers that one. He said that when he wrote only about TRM, it was only listened to when TRM was in vogue; otherwise, only the Latest Thing got attention.

     I can undestand that. When I tutor, the important thing is not teaching the material. That is what the teacher is doing, but it is not working with the student I am tutoring (or I would not be tutoring the student). The valuable thing that I do is get the student back on track by finding out where he got it wrong and dealing with the incorrect data. After clearing such confusions and false data, the student can understand the teacher.

     That is a lot of what Mr. Pascal does.

Sincerely,

Gene Wirchenko

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Received on Mon Oct 18 2004 - 04:26:40 CEST

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