Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2003 21:04:10 +0200
From: Tony Martinez 
Subject: Re: (urth) Father Inire's Mirrors and Wolfe Physics

> On this and on the subject of how well Wolfe describes technical
> concepts in layman's terms, I have picked up a rumor that Father
> Inire's mirrors operate by quantum tunneling. Is this true and, if
> so, can any physics grads critique how well he justifies this in the
> famous "fish" explanation"?

[ I'm not a physics grad, so salt cellar at the ready. ]

FWIW, I thought the explanation reminiscent of the EPR
(Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen) paradox, which is, as you say, an aspect of
QM (and a very interesting one, linked to the idea of FTL
communication); don't know how it connects to tunneling, though.

                          --Tony

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