One for thehomer and crew  ---- dodgy sensationalist headline of course considering the reality of the story.

From
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/einstein-was-right-you-can-be-in-two-places-at-once-2162648.html

A device that exists in two different states at the same time, and coincidentally proves that Albert Einstein was right when he thought he was wrong, has been named as the scientific breakthrough of the year.

The machine, consisting of a sliver of wafer-thin metal, is the first man-made device to be governed by the mysterious quantum forces that operate at the level of atoms and sub-atomic particles.

Normal, everyday objects obey the laws of conventional Newtonian physics, named after Sir Isaac Newton, but these rules break down on the sub-atomic scale and a whole new branch of theoretical physics had to be invented to explain what happens on this sub-microscopic level.

Einstein was the first to embrace quantum physics but later rejected it on the grounds that it made everything unpredictable – "God does not play dice with the universe," he famously stated.

However, a range of effects has been recorded over the past few years that can only be explained by quantum mechanics and in March scientists were able to build the first device that seemed to follow the quantum rules that Einstein was the first to realise applied to light waves.

The breakthrough, recognised by the journal Science as the most significant this year, opens the way to a range of practical developments such as quantum computers that are far faster than conventional processors and which could never be hacked into because they handle and transmit data using an unbreakable form of encryption.

"Quantum theory dictates that a very tiny thing can absorb energy only in discrete amounts, can never sit perfectly still, and can literally be in two places at once," said Adrian Cho, a writer for Science. "This represents the first time that scientists have demonstrated quantum effects in the motion of a human-made object. It opens up a variety of possibilities ranging from new experiments that meld quantum control over light, electrical currents and motion to, perhaps someday, tests of the bounds of quantum mechanics and our sense of reality."

The breakthrough was achieved by physicists Andrew Cleland and John Martinis from the University of California at Santa Barbara. Their machine consisted of a tiny metal paddle made of semiconductor material just visible to the unclothed eye. By supercooling the device to just above absolute zero (minus 273C), then raising its energy by a "single quantum", they made it vibrate by getting thicker and thinner at a frequency of some 6 billion times a second, producing a detectable electric current. They even managed to get it to vibrate in two energy states at once, both a lot and a little – a phenomenon allowed only by the rules of quantum mechanics.

"Physicists still haven't achieved a two-places-at-once state with a tiny object like this one," Mr Cho said. "But now that they have reached this simplest state of quantum motion, it seems a whole lot more obtainable."

That's an interesting story though the experiment did not demonstrate the topic.

One should be careful when extrapolating discoveries in quantum physics to that of our regular macroscopic world.

Why would you say to be careful "extrapolating discoveries in quantum physics to that of our regular macroscopic world"? Quantum physics and what you call "regular world" - do they not both fit into OUR existence? Would you call that the "supernatural" or "spirit world"?

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e36991 #66 on: October 19, 2010, 08:23 PM:


Inviting Kola Oloye On The Evidence Of The Deity Of Christ

@kola oloye

Hope you dont get messed up with the theology

GOD is omnipotent. All powerful. Right?

Is it impossible for GOD to be in two places at the same time?

If God actually died? - God didnt die, it's Jesus, God the Son that died

Who made the resurrection? - God the Father. The one that has power over life & death

God crying? - Bible 101 - GOD is not man or a son of man. GOD hasnt got hang-ups with crying especially when it comes down to saving butt$

Crying is a small price to pay for countless bacons that will be saved

ǝɔıɟɟo-ʇɐ-ʇslıɥʍ-ʎluo-ssǝɔɔɐ-ʇǝuɹǝʇuı ɹnoʎ sıɥʇ ʇnoqɐ ǝuop ǝq oʇ spǝǝu ƃuıɥʇǝɯos

https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria?topic=531625.msg6974028#msg6974028

This is one of the major hangups our muslim brethren have

This psychological or emotional difficulty of not understanding that God can be in heaven and earth at the same

is an obstacle to their development and progress

nuclearboy:

Why would you say to be careful "extrapolating discoveries in quantum physics to that of our regular macroscopic world"? Quantum physics and what you call "regular world" - do they not both fit into OUR existence? Would you call that the "supernatural" or "spirit world"?

They do but the quantum world is still relatively very new to us and quite difficult to understand right now. So, a number of the results derived from that field are not directly applied to the macroscopic world we are more familiar with.
The spirit world that I'm familiar with is non-physical but the quantum world is.

thehomer:
The spirit world that I'm familiar with is non-physical but the quantum world is.

Huh? You are familiar with a non physical spiritual realm? Wahala, gbaskalada.

I gues§ thats y G0d is G0d cos of hi§ mysterious ways,he definately can b in dif places @d same time, scientists can give a hypothesis of that cos they r just men in the physical world! Its simply beyond their reach.

Deep Sight:

Huh? You are familiar with a non physical spiritual realm? Wahala, gbaskalada.

I meant familiar with in terms of understanding by communication with people who believe in such realms.