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Paradoxical Decision-Making Explained By Quantum Theory

bad science The idea here is: Human reasoning is deficient by the standards of classical logic. "Quantum logic" is also deficient by the... (read full comment)  

Posted on April 13, 2011 at 6:43 EDT

How Quantum Probability Theory Could Explain Human Logical Fallacies

Entirely correct - nothing genuinely quantum happening here (or at least, absolutely no reason to believe so). See my comments... (read full comment)  

Posted on April 13, 2011 at 6:43 EDT

Physicists Discover Quantum Law of Protein Folding

skeptical This paper should be treated with a lot more skepticism. I see this page being linked to in numerous places, with headlines like... (read full comment)  

Posted on March 4, 2011 at 3:08 EST

New Type Of Entanglement Allows 'Teleportation in Time,' Say Physicists

conceptual implications This is a new idea and it hasn't been examined from all angles yet. My predictions: 1) It will be possible to explain... (read full comment)  

Posted on January 19, 2011 at 1:49 EST

Time Likely To End Within Earth's Lifespan, Say Physicists

This post is attributing a rationality to the article by Bousso et al which it does not actually have. kfc says: time will end because some... (read full comment)  

Posted on September 28, 2010 at 5:57 EDT

Quantum Mechanics Explains How Muscle Produces Force

green cheese Suppose I assume the moon is made of green cheese, and then calculate something on the basis of this assumption, and it happens to... (read full comment)  

Posted on April 27, 2010 at 6:54 EDT

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