[330>US111]:10.25=[60x4+51] Taiwan Demonstrations All Over. #0: Reality Theories. Light-speed. UNPO Taiwan, EU, VietResisters. All home evening.

Taiwan,7days:HdsnI: http://tinyurl.com/8f9s9 Taiwan-China :UNPO: http://tinyurl.com/9j4mf Light-speed Change: http://tinyurl.com/drjxa SDI >"ET" Hearings: http://tinyurl.com/c3caw EU & Members: http://tinyurl.com/dgh5z Commonwealth: http://tinyurl.com/9dzsy Vietnam War Resisters, Canada: http://tinyurl.com/cxobm Cherokee Scotsman, the Greatest: http://tinyurl.com/95cgr Cherokee chief, John Ross: http://tinyurl.com/rtke Fair cold cool mild: Up 6:10 then 8:00, Mei back, sons up. Out and in. Now 4:50pm. Lung cold rest. Mei very uptiiht unable to find Cosco receipt, then all supper, then Mei sweeps then pipe organ then TV: Live from Taipei Presidential Square preparing for 2 sides election's demonstration. As usual, Mei watch TV sleeps down, now10.39pm = Taiwan 11.27=7 3:39am, demonstrations all over Taiwan. Mei & Lung sleep, Jun still out, now 10:50, quitting here. Bed 12:10! After Jun back to computer. #0: The Theories of Everything: 0. "Science, Consciousness and Ultimate Reality", ed. by David Lorimer; Imprint Academic (June, 2004): http://tinyurl.com/7cc42 "" David Lorimer has brought together an impressive list of contributors representing the diverse fields of physics, neuroscience, psychology, theology and moral philosophy: Denis Alexander, Bernard Carr, Chris Clarke, Guy Claxton, Peter Fenwick, David Fontana, John Habgood, Mary Midgley, Ravi Ravindra, Alan Torrance and Keith Ward "" 1. "Science and Ultimate Reality: Quantum Theory, Cosmology and Complexity", ed. by John D.Barrow, Paul C.W.Davies, Charles L.Harper; Cambridge University Press (April 22, 2004): http://tinyurl.com/ad9ar "" Book Description This preview of the future of physics comprises contributions from recognized authorities inspired by the pioneering work of John Wheeler. Quantum theory represents a unifying theme within the book, as it relates to the topics of the nature of physical reality, cosmic inflation, the arrow of time, models of the universe, superstrings, quantum gravity and cosmology. Attempts to formulate a final unification theory of physics are also considered, along with the existence of hidden dimensions of space, hidden cosmic matter, and the strange world of quantum technology. John Archibald Wheeler is one of the most influential scientists of the twentieth century. His extraordinary career has spanned momentous advances in physics, from the birth of the nuclear age to the conception of the quantum computer. Famous for coining the term "black hole," Professor Wheeler helped lay the foundations for the rebirth of gravitation as a mainstream branch of science, triggering the explosive growth in astrophysics and cosmology that followed. His early contributions to physics include the S matrix, the theory of nuclear rotation (with Edward Teller), the theory of nuclear fission (with Niels Bohr), action-at-a-distance electrodynamics (with Richard Feynman), positrons as backward-in-time electrons, the universal Fermi interaction (with Jayme Tiomno), muonic atoms, and the collective model of the nucleus. His inimitable style of thinking, quirky wit, and love of the bizarre have inspired generations of physicists. "" 2. "The Fabric of Reality : The Science of Parallel Universes and Its Implications", by David Deutsch; Penguin (Non-Classics) (August 1, 1998): http://tinyurl.com/bs8bb "" Amazon.com "Our best theories are not only truer than common sense, they make more sense than common sense," writes physicist David Deutsch. In The Fabric of Reality, Deutsch traces what he considers the four main strands of scientific explanation: quantum theory, evolution, computation, and the theory of knowledge. "The four of them taken together form a coherent explanatory structure that is so far-reaching, and has come to encompass so much of our understanding of the world, that in my view it may already properly be called the first Theory of Everything." Deutsch covers some difficult material with unusual clarity. "" "" From Library Journal Common sense and reality diverge and then come together again in this mind-blowing book. Maintaining that the best explanation for certain quantum phenomena is that there are parallel universes, i.e., multiverses, Oxford physicist Deutsch posits and then attempts to unify four basic strands?quantum physics, epistemology, evolution, and the theory of computation. Just one astonishing consequence is that quantum computers can collaborate between universes. "" "" The New York Times Book Review, George Johnson The Fabric of Reality is full of refreshingly oblique, provocative insights. But I came away from it with only the mushiest sense of how the strands in Deutsch's tapestry hang together. "" "" From Booklist In the library of physics for laypeople, Deutsch's book is unique. Correction: it is multiversal, existing in innumerable universes that Deutsch argues exist alongside the "real" universe that people perceive. Explaining that, and persuading the reader of its scientific truth, makes this work unique. Another of Deutsch's mindbenders is that each person could be resurrected near the Big Crunch (if there is one) by a universal computer with infinite memory, a conclusion discussed (and unfairly dismissed by most scientists, according to Deutsch) in Frank Tipler's The Physics of Immortality (1994). Deutsch, a quantum physicist at Oxford University, builds toward the computerized second coming on the basis of the well-known, reproducible experiment that conclusively establishes the quantum nature of light and of reality. "" "" From Kirkus Reviews One major school of quantum theory posits a multiplicity of universes; but what does that imply about the reality we live in? A simple experiment, familiar to every student of physics, involves light passing through slits in a barrier; its results, according to Oxford physicist Deutsch, lead inevitably to the idea that there are countless universes parallel to our own, through which some of the light must pass. This ``many worlds'' interpretation of quantum theory has gained advocates in recent years, """" He argues that quantum computation, a discipline in which he is a pioneering thinker, has the potential for building computers that draw on their counterparts in parallel universes; this could make artificial intelligence a reality, despite Roger Penrose's objections (which Deutsch deals with in some detail). Likewise, time travel into both the future and the past should be possible, though not in quite the form envisioned by science fiction writers; the trips would almost certainly be one-way, and they would likely take the travelers into different universes from the one they began in. Deutsch takes particular pains to refute Thomas Kuhn's ``paradigm'' model of science, which essentially denies progress. A final chapter looks at the long-range implications of his views, including the place of esthetic and moral values (areas more scientists now seem willing to confront). "" 3. "Theory and Reality : An Introduction to the Philosophy of Science" (Science and Its Conceptual Foundations series), by Peter Godfrey-Smith; University Of Chicago Press (August 1, 2003): http://tinyurl.com/8dyzt "" covers logical positivism; the problems of induction and confirmation; Karl Popper's theory of science; Thomas Kuhn and "scientific revolutions"; the views of Imre Lakatos, Larry Laudan, and Paul Feyerabend; "" "" captures the historical drama of changes in how science has been conceived over the last one hundred years. ""