cipher@mmm.UUCP (Andre Guirard) (10/01/86)
In article <3454@caip.RUTGERS.EDU> ANDY%MAINE.BITNET@WISCVM.WISC.EDU writes: >Also, the lowly tachyon.... now there's an anomaly for those of you who >claim no FTL travel. That sucker sure seems to travel FTL. As a matter >of fact, the range of velocities of tachyons has probably not begun to >be recorded. I believe this is primarily because no tachyons have ever been observed. As far as I know, tachyons are purely theoretical particles thus far. Does anyone out there know of any experiments that provide evidence for their existence? > I strongly suspect time goes on scientists will discovers >more and more "shells" of particle velocity, similar to the atomic >quantum shells. That's my pet theory as a layman, anyway. One of the cardinal rules of scientific investigation is: don't make pets of theories. -- (___) Andre Guirard |_ _| The reason I post such outrageous (ser^canta l'atoman ( v ) stuff is that I love to get mail. unuon de stulteco.) \-/ ihnp4!mmm!cipher V
alan@sdcrdcf.UUCP (Alan Algustyniak) (10/07/86)
In article <1058@mmm.UUCP> cipher@mmm.UUCP (Andre Guirard) writes: >In article <3454@caip.RUTGERS.EDU> ANDY%MAINE.BITNET@WISCVM.WISC.EDU writes: > >>quantum shells. That's my pet theory as a layman, anyway. > >One of the cardinal rules of scientific investigation is: don't make >pets of theories. >-- >(___) Andre Guirard Excellent point! Not to mention that andy%maine's pet *theory* is, in fact, his pet *wild speculation*. The point reminds me of a truism attributed to Einstein: The most important tool of the theoretical physicist is a wastebasket. Al Algustyniak