Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!rutgers!sunybcs!boulder!hao!oddjob!mimsy!umd5!uvaarpa!virginia!babbage!mac3n From: mac3n@babbage.acc.virginia.edu (Alex Colvin) Newsgroups: sci.space,sci.research Subject: Re: Universe As Hologram Message-ID: <115@babbage.acc.virginia.edu> Date: Wed, 14-Oct-87 21:42:11 EDT Article-I.D.: babbage.115 Posted: Wed Oct 14 21:42:11 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 17-Oct-87 10:29:28 EDT References: <7402@ism780c.UUCP> <295@etn-rad.UUCP> Organization: University of Virginia Lines: 14 Summary: Aspect Experiment Xref: mnetor sci.space:3453 sci.research:273 In article <295@etn-rad.UUCP>, jru@etn-rad.UUCP (John Unekis) writes: > I suspect that the reason that > we have never heard of Dr. Aspect is that he is a RANK AMATEUR who > is (hopelessly by accident) deceiving the public into thinking that his > repetition of years-old quantum expirements has allowed him to discover > some new principle. Actually, The Aspect experiment was a well-designed experiment which, like many other experiments, confirmed a widely-held theory (non-"hidden variable" QM). Just because some bozoi misinterpret it is no reason to impugn the experimentor. I suspect the reason we never heard of him is that we haven't heard of everyone yet. (someone you never heard of either)