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> Well, we could hypothesize light is conscious and is making globally-optimal calculations, or we could just observe that if you work through the wave equation
by knodi123 9y ago
> Well, we could hypothesize light is conscious and is making globally-optimal calculations, or we could just observe that if you work through the wave equations on what waves do when encountering a speed change, that's what happens
"Explanations exist; they have existed for all time; there is always a well-known solution to every human problem — neat, plausible, and wrong."
- H L Mencken
- jerf 9y agoWell, quantum mechanical explanations for why light refracts may be in some sense wrong, since we know QM still hasn't been harmonized with relativity very well, but "neat" and to some extent "plausible", definitely not, at least by the person on the street's standard. I suggest you think a bit more before you fling a quote at somebody as if it's the last word on a topic; at the very least you should make sure it is actually applicable to the topic at hand.
- knodi123 9y ago> I suggest you think a bit more before you fling a quote at somebody I suggest you think a little more before sanctimoniously talking down to people. I was making a supportive reply, in agreement with what you wrote. > at the very least you should make sure it is actually applicable to the topic at hand. It is perfectly applicable. Light "being conscious and making decisions" is a neat explanation, but wrong.