"If a tree falls in the woods, and no one is there to witness it does it make a sound?"
Does the observer alter the event? Does an event occur if it is not observed? Is observation of the results of an event justification for the assertion that it occurred?
Nick gave an interesting speech on Physics and the mis-application of Quantum Mechanics. If I got it right, Quantum Mechanics is made up of a group of math formulas that describe events in the microscopic world. These events behave in some strange ways when interpolated to our macroscopic world. All x-scopic worlds are based upon the perception of the perceiver. As a result of these dizzying perceptions many pop science, and pop psychologists have misused the strange interpretations to describe experiences that we create from our own perceptions . We make our own reality, and justify it with the best explanations physicists provide at cocktail parties. Nick suggested that they all should, STOP!, because they are just anamorphising a bunch of mathematical formulas.
I think I just made up a bunch of new words, and perhaps a theory or two while misrepresenting what Nick said.
After that I continued my run of stumping people with Table Topic questions. Apparently, my mind just works differently than others. My wife reminds me of this from time to time.
Next week....
Deron is Toastmaster
Eric Wales will give his Ice-Breaker
Eric Peterson will Evaluate Eric
We need lots of volunteers to fill....
General Evaluator
Speech #2
Evaluator #2
Table Topics
Word of the Day
Ah, Grammarian, Timer, Joke of the Day, Applause Captain, and Hookman.
D.
