Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!wuarchive!sdd.hp.com!ucsd!sdcc6!beowulf!schraudo From: schraudo@beowulf.ucsd.edu (Nici Schraudolph) Newsgroups: comp.ai.philosophy Subject: Re: Emergent properties (was: What AI is exactly) Message-ID: Date: 13 Oct 90 22:00:52 GMT References: <8581@helios.TAMU.EDU> <1990Oct1.002909.21899@eng.umd.edu> <8746@helios.TAMU.EDU> <1990Oct4.045104.24620@eng.umd.edu> Sender: news@sdcc6.ucsd.edu Distribution: comp.ai.philosophy Lines: 21 Nntp-Posting-Host: beowulf.ucsd.edu n025fc@tamuts.tamu.edu (Kevin Weller) writes: >My knowledge of relativity theory is pretty good (much better than >that of quantum mechanics & friends). By my understanding, relativity >is the very theory that demolishes the simultaneity idea. >[...] >I don't know about the other theories you mention. If they actually >*require* literally simultaneous occurences, then they may be in >conflict with relativity theory. It is indeed the case that the two cornerstone theories of modern physics, Relativity and Quantum Mechanics, directly contradict each other. This tends to worry young physicists a great deal - until they realize that it's a wonderful way to ensure continued funding... :-) -- Nicol N. Schraudolph, C-014 "Big Science, hallelujah. University of California, San Diego Big Science, yodellayheehoo." La Jolla, CA 92093-0114 - Laurie Anderson. nici%cs@ucsd.{edu,bitnet,uucp}