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Ikaros
11th January 2006 - 07:27 PM
I happened to read that the uncertainty principle implies that the whole universe is filled with small very tiny black holes. Those black holes are hundred billion times smaller than the nucleus of an atom, but they would cause time to time a loss of information and particles. This would be a another blow to determinism, but it got me thinking. For example would there be minute black holes also in our brains and time to time some neurons would suffer damage because of loss of subatomic particles? Sounds wacky. Anyone has a clearer picture of this bizarre implication?
Upisoft
11th January 2006 - 08:45 PM
QUOTE (Ikaros+Jan 11 2006, 07:27 PM)
I happened to read that the uncertainty principle implies that the whole universe is filled with small very tiny black holes. Those black holes are hundred billion times smaller than the nucleus of an atom, but they would cause time to time a loss of information and particles. This would be a another blow to determinism, but it got me thinking. For example would there be minute black holes also in our brains and time to time some neurons would suffer damage because of loss of subatomic particles? Sounds wacky. Anyone has a clearer picture of this bizarre implication?

Let's say that I'm not a big supporter of this theory. You have to admit that it's testability is VERY small, nearly zero.

But, even it's true, you're probably killing many more neurons by drinking alcohol, or in case you don't drink -- by just breathing.


Ikaros
11th January 2006 - 09:57 PM
The testability is yes quite impossible. Well it seems that a lot of crazy theories come out of things you can't just test well-enough. At least thinking about these nutty things keeps our neurons alive.
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