[OT] Zero-point energy (was Re: 3-phase (was: Re: CDC 9766 Driveand packs))

From: Eric Smith <eric_at_brouhaha.com>
Date: Fri Feb 5 13:57:26 1999

> We didn't invent a new nature of matter to make
> it work, we observed a natural processes that we knew
> worked and went from there. We didn't take a model
> of nature that we knew wasn't consistant with what
> we saw and expected it to create something that wasn't
> there before.

We didn't invent a new nature of matter to come up with zero-point energy
either. AFAIK, it is entirely consistent with the Standard Model.

The Standard Model has proven remarkably good at predicting the existence of
things that have never previously been observed, such as the top quark and
several of the vector guage bosons.

As I.I. Rabi asked about the muon, "Who ordered that?"
Received on Fri Feb 05 1999 - 13:57:26 GMT