X-Message-Number: 21031 Date: Sat, 1 Feb 2003 08:00:51 -0500 From: Thomas Donaldson <> Subject: CryoNet #21021 - #21029 To Michael C Price: Yes, quantum theory will probably survive in the same way that Newtonian ideas about matter and its behavior survive. But taken alone, this does not in any way suggest that our ideas about electrons will survive, and in particular our ideas about their identity. Not only that, but it's simply false that a quantum theory which sees electrons as constructed of smaller parts will leave our ideas about their identity untouched. The movement of the subentities which make up an electron may cause effects that we can devise instruments able to detect. (I'm not advocating such a theory, but simply point out that such theories may very well change our ideas about identity of particles --- including electrons). Best wishes and long long life for all, Thomas Donaldson Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=21031