| … | … | @@ -3122,7 +3122,7 @@ haecceity |
| 3122 | 3122 | |
| 3123 | 3123 | times however many cubic centimeters in question: |
| 3124 | 3124 | they move together now, |
| 3125 | | held by hydroen bonds between the water molecules. |
| 3125 | held by hydrogen bonds between the water molecules. |
| 3126 | 3126 | The molecules move together, |
| 3127 | 3127 | and the wave function |
| 3128 | 3128 | \begin_inset Formula $\left\langle \psi\right|$ |
| … | … | @@ -3156,7 +3156,7 @@ it is ionized |
| 3156 | 3156 | at the ionization limit: |
| 3157 | 3157 | motionless with respect to each other, |
| 3158 | 3158 | and not flying away. |
| 3159 | | And since they are motionaless, |
| 3159 | And since they are motionless, |
| 3160 | 3160 | and occupy every possible location in space, |
| 3161 | 3161 | so that |
| 3162 | 3162 | \begin_inset Formula $\left\langle \psi\right|\left.x\right\rangle =\mbox{const.}\ne0$ |
| … | … | @@ -3167,19 +3167,19 @@ it is ionized |
| 3167 | 3167 | \end_inset |
| 3168 | 3168 | |
| 3169 | 3169 | in the universe, |
| 3170 | | for both proton and electron. |
| 3170 | for both proton and electron, |
| 3171 | 3171 | well, |
| 3172 | 3172 | we should be able to apply the Born rule and say that they will emit at least one and perhaps many photons, |
| 3173 | | until they turn into a hydrogen atom, |
| 3173 | until they turn into a bound hydrogen atom, |
| 3174 | 3174 | somewhere in the universe, |
| 3175 | 3175 | and by extension, |
| 3176 | 3176 | everywhere in the universe, |
| 3177 | | all at once, |
| 3178 | | all at the same time. |
| 3177 | (all at once, |
| 3178 | all at the same time!?). |
| 3179 | 3179 | And those photons? |
| 3180 | 3180 | Well, |
| 3181 | | they are s-waves, |
| 3182 | | (or perhaps p-waves? |
| 3181 | they are s–waves, |
| 3182 | (or perhaps p–waves? |
| 3183 | 3183 | I am so incredibly fuzzy on this...) and again, |
| 3184 | 3184 | they are everywhere all at once, |
| 3185 | 3185 | but this times, |
| … | … | @@ -3439,6 +3439,72 @@ when-ness |
| 3439 | 3439 | Tick tick tick. |
| 3440 | 3440 | \end_layout |
| 3441 | 3441 | |
| 3442 | \begin_layout Standard |
| 3443 | Addendum: |
| 3444 | |
| 3445 | \begin_inset Quotes eld |
| 3446 | \end_inset |
| 3447 | |
| 3448 | Everywhere all at once |
| 3449 | \begin_inset Quotes erd |
| 3450 | \end_inset |
| 3451 | |
| 3452 | . |
| 3453 | But not |
| 3454 | \begin_inset Quotes eld |
| 3455 | \end_inset |
| 3456 | |
| 3457 | everything |
| 3458 | \begin_inset Quotes erd |
| 3459 | \end_inset |
| 3460 | |
| 3461 | , |
| 3462 | yet. |
| 3463 | Sorry, |
| 3464 | no kung fu fight scenes or donut hairdos. |
| 3465 | When the proton and electron wave functions bind, |
| 3466 | they clearly have to happen |
| 3467 | \begin_inset Quotes eld |
| 3468 | \end_inset |
| 3469 | |
| 3470 | everywhere |
| 3471 | \begin_inset Quotes erd |
| 3472 | \end_inset |
| 3473 | |
| 3474 | (clearly!?) but does this mean they happen |
| 3475 | \begin_inset Quotes eld |
| 3476 | \end_inset |
| 3477 | |
| 3478 | all at once |
| 3479 | \begin_inset Quotes erd |
| 3480 | \end_inset |
| 3481 | |
| 3482 | , |
| 3483 | or |
| 3484 | \begin_inset Quotes eld |
| 3485 | \end_inset |
| 3486 | |
| 3487 | all at the same time |
| 3488 | \begin_inset Quotes erd |
| 3489 | \end_inset |
| 3490 | |
| 3491 | ? |
| 3492 | I think it does: |
| 3493 | I cannot say |
| 3494 | \begin_inset Quotes eld |
| 3495 | \end_inset |
| 3496 | |
| 3497 | they became bound on the left side of the universe before they became bound on the right side of the universe |
| 3498 | \begin_inset Quotes erd |
| 3499 | \end_inset |
| 3500 | |
| 3501 | . |
| 3502 | So, |
| 3503 | whenever it happens, |
| 3504 | it does have to happen everywhere, |
| 3505 | all at once. |
| 3506 | \end_layout |
| 3507 | |
| 3442 | 3508 | \begin_layout Section* |
| 3443 | 3509 | The End |
| 3444 | 3510 | \end_layout |