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Comment Re: Success! (Score 1) 147

It also helps that Bharat/India is Hindu. Hinduism is a naturally pluralistic and democratic https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpluralism.org%2F (one step above tolerance), Dharmic, academically rich culture promoting Yoga, learning, and peace/wellness of mind, body and spirit that has suffered centuries of abuse by barbaric British/colonial and Islamic invaders.

The oldest Hindu/Vedic scripture (Rg Veda, 5000 years old) states that God is the innermost consciousness within all, and people call Him or Her by different names. All oyher religious conflicts wete inflicted by later, Abrahamic religiins, Christinaity +Islam primarily.

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Vivek_but_not_Ramaswamy.

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Comment A resolution (Score 0) 42

My Solution to SchrÃdingerâ(TM)s Cat Paradox
1. Clarify the Setup
A cat is placed in a box with a device triggered by a quantum event (radioactive decay).

If the event occurs, the cat dies; if not, the cat lives.

Quantum mechanics says the atom is both decayed and not decayed until observed.

Does this mean the cat is both alive and dead?

2. Key Insight: The Cat Is Not a Quantum Object
The paradox arises from applying quantum rules (superposition) to a macroscopic object (the cat).

In reality, quantum superpositions are extremely fragile and donâ(TM)t last in large, warm, complex systems like cats.

3. Decoherence: The Real-World Mechanism
As soon as the quantum event interacts with the detector (Geiger counter), the system becomes entangled with the environment (air molecules, photons, etc.).

This process, called decoherence, destroys the superposition almost instantly for anything as large as a cat.

The cat is either alive or dead long before you open the box-the âoesuperpositionâ is only a mathematical description of your knowledge, not of physical reality.

4. Observation Is Not Special
You, the observer, donâ(TM)t have magical powers. The measurement (the detectorâ(TM)s click) is what matters, not your eyes.

The catâ(TM)s fate is sealed by the time the quantum event is amplified to the macroscopic level.

5. Conclusion: No Real Paradox
The cat is never truly both alive and dead in the physical sense.

The paradox is a misunderstanding of how quantum mechanics applies to large systems.

In practice, the cat is always either alive or dead-just unknown to you until you look.

In short:
The SchrÃdingerâ(TM)s cat paradox is resolved by recognizing that quantum superpositions donâ(TM)t survive in big, complex systems. The cat is always either alive or dead, and the âoeparadoxâ is just a quirk of how we describe our knowledge, not of reality.

Comment Re:This begs the question... (Score 1) 230

An AI would easily do a better job than what the USA has right now. For other countries, I don't think AI would be as good. The leaders tend to advocate for law changes that benefit the population. In the vast majority of cases. I won't debate that, but there's too many 'what abouts", but the majority of the time, when you reflect on it, they're acting in the interests of voters. If a party has been in too long, they start acting primarily for the donors.

Comment Re:MS make life hard on ANY OEM that does this! (Score 1) 42

They don't care much about the desktop market as they've got nearly all enterprises onto expensive office 365 contracts and single signon in AD. The price of using the computer has moved to a cloud computer. Their bottom line hasn't changed. Maybe they get to rake in more now through cloud costs and backup storage.

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