>>> farmelantj at juno.com 12/07/00 09:55PM >>>
On Fri, 08 Dec 2000 01:55:01 -0000 "Justin Schwartz" <jkschw at hotmail.com>
writes:
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> >
> >
> But I
> still
> know a bit about physics. I would be pretty surprised if there was
> much in
> quantum physics that helped ordinary people in any direct way, or
> hurt them
> either. --jks
There is of course the little matter of nuclear weapons. Quantum mechanics underlies nuclear physics. I suppose that nuclear weapons & nuclear power have had some impact on the lives of ordinary people.
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CB: Making the quantum mechanicists something of Sorcerer's Apprentices.