> On Jul 23, 5:57 pm, Pottsie <pottsie...@yahoo.com> wrote:

> > What? Do you think I'm a physicist or something?  I'm just a wandering pilgrim looking for a bit of shade!  ;)

> > Is McTaggart's book written in lay terms?  

>      Absolutely.  If it weren't, I wouldn't have mentioned it.  In
> fact, that's one of it's big selling points.

> >I seem to have misplaced my handy dandy physics lingo dictionary, >and my math is limited to sophomore algebra.  Trig was the class >in which I wrote letters to my girlfriend, and my Calculus prof >was straight off the boat from Taiwan, and couldn't even be >understood when he said "Herrow!"  :D

>      The ideas behind calculus are really quite simple.  For example,
> integral calculus takes countless n-dimensional (4-D, for example)
> objects and integrates them into one n+1-dimensional (5-D, in this
> example) object.  Differential calculus does the opposite and takes a
> n-dimensional object and cuts it up into 'n-1 dimensional' objects.
> The rest is the 'how-to' bit.  Conceptually, you use integral calculus
> to get a loaf out of slices and differential calculus to get slices
> from a loaf.  Easy as pie...well, maybe easy as bread. ;-)
>      You'd have absolutely no problems with "The Field".  I only
> remember one bit of math coming out of it and that was the reference
> to F=MA (Force=Mass*Acceleration).  Have a quick look at her website:http://www.livingthefield.com/

> > Namaste

> > Pottsie

> > Pat <PatrickDHarring...@hotmail.com> wrote:

> > On 23 Jul, 12:39, Pottsie

> >  wrote:
> > > Pat,

> > > I think I just thought of something that may help (hinder) your quest
> > > to find out what connects quanta, albeit it a philosophical point
> > > rather than a physical one.
> > ><snip>
> > > appear until the Observer shows up! :D

> > > Namaste

> > > Pottsie

> >      Have you not heard of the Zero-Point Field?  If not, grab a copy
> > of Lynne McTaggart's book "The Field".  It describes the fabric of
> > space time AS a medium through which energy moves.  The ZPF is the YIN
> > to the active YANG of energy.  While also a field of energy, per se,
> > it is passive energy.  That is, it (the ZPF) is a single singularity
> > that stretches throughout space-time and forms the Planck-length
> > pointed gridiron through which energy acts.  It is, as Molly says, the
> > up-to-date scientific version of 'ether'.  As to how it applies in a
> > string theory paradigm, have a look at this link:http://www.superstringtheory.fanspace.com/guest_book.html
> >   Note: although his theory is not the same as mine, the ZPF aspect of
> > it is compatible with mine.
> >      You can also look at wikipedia for the ZPF:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zero-point_field
> > and its corresponding, Einstein-proposed zero-point energy:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zero-point_energy.

> >      In McTaggart's book, she describes many experiments which rely on
> > the ZPF.  The most important one being that, if you assume a ZPF, you
> > can derive F=MA and no longer have it as an axiom but as a proven
> > fact.  Newton, of course, had to assume it.  But, the ZPF also lays
> > the foundation for homeopathy and mind-over-matter effects.  It's a
> > great book, Potts; one well worth getting.

> > "You can't smell the roses while holding your nose!" - Pottsie- Hide quoted text -

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