Re: OT: Distinguishable angular momentum in radio photons?

Posted by Cookie on May 05, 2012; 3:18pm
URL: http://elecraft.85.s1.nabble.com/OT-Distinguishable-angular-momentum-in-radio-photons-tp7525974p7530413.html

Well said Erik.  My credentials do not match yours, but I do have a BS in Physics and made a living for 40 years as an Engineer.  The theory may be bunk, but that is what most said about Einstein when he presented the Theory of Relativity.  It sounds to me like a theory that is worth per-suing for someone.  I don't think it is time to start pestering Wayne and Eric for a KX-31 yet, but inventing a detector for Angular Momentum might be an interesting research project for someone qualified.  It is certainly a theory that is worth some minutes or hours of contemplation for me and for Erik as well, probably a lot of others on this august reflector. Theories are always ideas that someone is brave enough to present and risk being called a fool in hope that someone will prove he is a genius. 
 
Willis 'Cookie' Cooke
K5EWJ & Trustee N5BPS, USS Cavalla, USS Stewart


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 From: Erik Basilier <[hidden email]>
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Sent: Saturday, May 5, 2012 12:03 AM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] OT: Distinguishable angular momentum in radio photons?
 
Eric, thanks for posting the link to the original article, and thanks also
to the others who responded to my post.
Since nobody complained about the subject, I guess I can make these comments
before the thread gets to be too long and too OT.

I did get one private email from a list member who felt I was a
non-technical person writing about things way beyond my education. Just in
case a lot of readers may feel the same way, let me explain to the list. I
felt that the startling claims of the article would make for a more
interesting conversation topic than some other discussions on the reflector.
I related the gist of the article without personally trying to either
support or debunk the content. I have a PhD in Physics as well as a Masters
in Engineering from long ago, but I would not take myself so seriously as to
spend the effort to try to arrive at a personal evaluation of a subject that
the active researchers (pro as well as con) spent many hours on.
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