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Originally Posted by Lagaidh
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Ah okay- while I was vomiting ascii... here's the answer. Yes. Folks way smarter than this luddite have thought something similar...
Hehe, this reminds me of the time I kept trying to say that dividing by zero should be equal to infinity. Derp: Hey, if I can divide a group of 6 units 3 separate times and arrive at 2 units per 3 new sub groups. If I divide that original group 0 times, why don't I have an infinite number of new sub groups consisting of 0 elements each. I was told that my idea was fine, but in the scenario where I divide by zero, sure, you can say there are an infinite number of sub groups each containing zero elements, however, that original group of 6 is still sitting there.
GRAH!
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Oh I remembered the book. It's 'A Different Universe' by Robert Laughlin. To expound very slightly, his theory is that a sensor is basically an amplifier. For example your computer is able to amplify the relatively small signal coming out of your ethernet cable in a way your finger can't. But the signals at the quantum level are so weak that it's simply impossible to do this process reliably. It's a very interesting book; I had to read it a few times.