Dear Rick,

Isn't that saying that quantum indeterminacy goes all the way up to  
the Newtonian level? Since the macro world consists of quanta?

Diana

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On Jan 14, 2010, at 9:08 AM, Richard Seddon <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Tom
>
> To some Maxwell may very well be the turtle
>
> Tom wrote
>
> One of the fears of physicists is that there may be no single  
> unified theory. The basic constants may turn out to be arbitrary. So  
> for physics as well, it may be turtles all the way down.
> 　
> The little old lady may have been on to something.
>
> Rick Seddon
> Portales, NM
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Carrol Cox <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Sent: Wed, January 13, 2010 10:36:27 PM
> Subject: Re: Eliot's poetry: the medium & the message
>
> Diana Manister wrote:
>>
>> Dear Jonathan,
>>
>> Wasn't it Joseph Campbell who used to tell that cosmological story
>> about "it's turtles all the way down"?
>
>
> It has multiple soures. Some of them must be made up.
>
> The one I heard is that Bertrand Russel was giving a public lexture.  
> In
> the question period a 'little old lady' (it is always little old  
> ladies
> in these legends) said that the truth was the  universe rested on the
> back of a gian turtle. Russel then asked her what the turtle rested  
> on.
> Her reply, "You can't fool me young man, It's turtles all the way  
> down."
>
> Carrol
>
>
>
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