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> Using Popper 1956’s famous mechanical wave example as an analogy, throwing a rock into a pond so that waves on the surface spread out into the future requires
by remcob 9y ago
> Using Popper 1956’s famous mechanical wave example as an analogy, throwing a rock into a pond so that waves on the surface spread out into the future requires every bit the conspiracy that is needed for waves to converge on a point in order to eject a rock from the bottom. […] The main interesting difference is that Popper’s time-reversed pond seems approximately attainable […]
Indeed it is:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WffR6HrEqTA#t=40 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WffR6HrEqTA#t=40
I wonder if the FloWave people ever considered Popper's argument and tried to eject an object from the bottom.
- jon_richards 9y agoI imagine the turbulence caused by a rock falling through water is much more difficult to reverse than the waves caused by a rock impacting the surface of water.