EPR - gedankenexperiment discussed

[Joseph S D Yao]

On Fri, Oct 18, 2002 at 05:14:01AM -0700, Gregory Hicks wrote:
> Joe:
> 
> http://faculty.physics.tamu.edu/thw/projects/eprmain.html#tech
> 
> Saw Cricket's comment on "gedankenexperiment" spelling, your return, 
> and thought...  
> "What does it mean?"
> 
> Attached was, I thought, interesting...

My apologies.  Yes, the phrase is used because of German scientists
such as Einstein who needed to do "thought experiments" when their
theories outran the experimental capabilities of the day.  I suspect
that you are not the only one who had never run into this phrase,
correctly or with variations, so I am cc'ing back to the mailing list;
I trust you don't mind.

--
Joe Yao				jsdy at center.osis.gov - Joseph S. D. Yao
OSIS Center Systems Support					EMT-B
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
	    PLEASE ... send or Cc: all "OSIS Systems Support"
		     mail to sys-adm at center.osis.gov
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
   This message is not an official statement of OSIS Center policies.