Date: Wed, 17 Jul 1996 11:45:35 -0500
Subject: Re: Re[2]: SARFATTI'S PHYSICS -- WHAT TO MAKE IF THIS? (fwd)


I just checked out a description of a new "theory" by Sarfatti on the Web.
It's absolute nonsense. Sokal's article actually made a lot more sense, for
the most part.

Here's a sample:

> However, my new theory suggests that when the "hot" interactive decoherence is
>screened out, even small numbers of interacting elementary particles like
>>electrons and protons in hydrogen bonds universally and spontaneously
>acquire a >living "sentience" because the back-action is able to perform
>its automatic >massively-parallel quantum-computing function protected
>from external >perturbations.

This almost achieves the level of Derrida or Lacan.

Rahul




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