Comments on: The Lottery, One Last Time

http://alittleweird.com/2007/06/03/the-lottery-one-last-time/ reality bizarres the standard Sat, 18 Aug 2012 16:46:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.3 By: Derg4 http://alittleweird.com/2007/06/03/the-lottery-one-last-time/#comment-299 Derg4 Thu, 07 Jun 2007 01:04:23 +0000 http://alittleweird.com/2007/06/03/the-lottery-one-last-time/#comment-299 ClearVision: I am by NO means a qualified person, so feel free to ignore me :-P ... I believe (have not researched, experimented, etc) that an observer is anything that records the outcome, whether it is your own eyes or a camera taping the experiment or something similar. Maybe it only counts as an "observer" to physics if someone sees the outcome (through said camera or otherwise)... As I said before I am no qualified person. All I have is my opinions on the subject, and they aren't much at this stage, since I haven't researched quantum physics all that much. -Derg By: ClearVision http://alittleweird.com/2007/06/03/the-lottery-one-last-time/#comment-296 ClearVision Wed, 06 Jun 2007 18:04:28 +0000 http://alittleweird.com/2007/06/03/the-lottery-one-last-time/#comment-296 Well, if randomness existed, it would be very coincidental for my dad's cancer to be diagnosed only because of a shot that was administered incorrectly... Strange things happen? Yah right! On a further note, I believe that the Copenhagen interpretation of quantum physics says it all. But I also agree with Einstein: "Ich glaub' nicht das der Alte wurfelt" (I don't believe that god plays dice). One possible way to explain the notion of randomness is the theory that once an observer looks, the wavefunction of the electron collapses and it is "converted" to a state where it exists as a particle. Now, who caused that change/transformation? The observer! But what exactly classifies as an "observer" in physics? I need a clear answer to this question before I can actually start making theories about randomness, because otherwise I'm just shooting in the blue with my theories. My current belief is, that randomness only exists as long as you're not looking. Once you've observed, gathered information, and processed it, the random system is destroyed, because you as "observer" have injected your thoughts, your energy, etc. (to sum it up: your consciousness) into that system. What we're looking at here is a sort of chaos theory: even the smallest change in perception can cause huge differences, because you have inadvertently altered the system. It is even possible for radioactivity to appear spontaneously, because the interaction with the system might cause a change in particle stability. This might be explainable by the nucleus disintegrating because one set of virtual pairs have been destroyed, because the observer didn't "imagine" or perceive the second set (should result in mostly gamma and beta radiation). Maybe it is even possible to create other effects, simply by having a sort of "information filter" that ignores all the unwanted perceptions and lets through the ones desired. =O The EPR paradox presents even more puzzling questions and answers some thoughts on this information based theory. I'm really no expert on physics, just my 2 cents (most of my info gathered from wikipedia :p). By: Sean http://alittleweird.com/2007/06/03/the-lottery-one-last-time/#comment-295 Sean Wed, 06 Jun 2007 15:37:55 +0000 http://alittleweird.com/2007/06/03/the-lottery-one-last-time/#comment-295 Well, keep in mind that a $12 million jackpot would come out to about $3.8 million after taxes. Which is a good chunk of change, but I could do a lot more with $12 million raw (which would require a jackpot prize of about $40-something million). That's my reasoning. By: delimew http://alittleweird.com/2007/06/03/the-lottery-one-last-time/#comment-294 delimew Wed, 06 Jun 2007 03:32:23 +0000 http://alittleweird.com/2007/06/03/the-lottery-one-last-time/#comment-294 personally, i think $12 million would be enough for anyone to be happy for the rest of their lives, but thats just me. anyway, good luck with that $45 mil. and if you do win i really hope you put it to good use. on a totally unrelated note: i'm turning 18 tomorrow, a big year. it sure would be great if i knew a millionaire that could buy me some great birthday present(s). hell, it wouldn't even bother me if it was 2.5 weeks late or so :P (j/k) By: Oipo http://alittleweird.com/2007/06/03/the-lottery-one-last-time/#comment-289 Oipo Mon, 04 Jun 2007 22:31:48 +0000 http://alittleweird.com/2007/06/03/the-lottery-one-last-time/#comment-289 Hehe, perhaps the person bought it before your limit, so you have more chance next time(people get discouraged after losing, and such) By: h4ckluserr http://alittleweird.com/2007/06/03/the-lottery-one-last-time/#comment-279 h4ckluserr Mon, 04 Jun 2007 05:15:35 +0000 http://alittleweird.com/2007/06/03/the-lottery-one-last-time/#comment-279 I agree with bobelly, I've seen the video of you winning scratch tickets, and truthfully, I'm impressed. if I may speak for us all and say it might be interesting to hear some of your average daily stories of how being so connected to your subc helps you daily. I know we all have our own. maybe you could share some of yours. By: Gumby http://alittleweird.com/2007/06/03/the-lottery-one-last-time/#comment-278 Gumby Mon, 04 Jun 2007 03:09:22 +0000 http://alittleweird.com/2007/06/03/the-lottery-one-last-time/#comment-278 You should send us some money. By: bobelly http://alittleweird.com/2007/06/03/the-lottery-one-last-time/#comment-277 bobelly Mon, 04 Jun 2007 01:53:39 +0000 http://alittleweird.com/2007/06/03/the-lottery-one-last-time/#comment-277 You should make a post about how the subconscious helps you on a daily basis and stuff. :) By: Dis http://alittleweird.com/2007/06/03/the-lottery-one-last-time/#comment-276 Dis Mon, 04 Jun 2007 01:28:58 +0000 http://alittleweird.com/2007/06/03/the-lottery-one-last-time/#comment-276 I hope you put all of it to good use. By: Sincu http://alittleweird.com/2007/06/03/the-lottery-one-last-time/#comment-275 Sincu Mon, 04 Jun 2007 01:25:59 +0000 http://alittleweird.com/2007/06/03/the-lottery-one-last-time/#comment-275 when you win i hope you put a nice portion of that to good use :)