15 papers
On Thermal Sensation and Entropy
D. M. Snyder
A neurophysiological thesis is proposed for thermal sensitivity that accounts for the disorder in physical processes that is fundamental to temperature. There is likely some form o…
On the Relationship Between Proximal and Distal Stimuli and an Example of Its Significance to Physics
D. M. Snyder
The difference between proximal and distal stimuli is discussed and an example of the significance of this difference to physics is pointed out in the area of quantum teleportation…
On the Dependence of Electromagnetic Phenomena on the Relativity of Simultaneity
D. M. Snyder
Maxwell's equations hold in inertial reference frames in uniform translational motion relative to one another. In conjunction with the Lorentz coordinate transformation equations,…
On Whether People Have the Capacity to Make Observations of Mutually Exclusive Physical Phenomena Simultaneously
D. M. Snyder
It has been shown by Einstein, Podolsky, and Rosen that in quantum mechanics either one of two different wave functions predicting specific values for quantities represented by non…
Questions for a Materialist Philosophy Implying the Equivalence of Computers and Human Cognition
Douglas M. Snyder
Issues related to a materialist philosophy are explored as concerns the implied equivalence of computers running software and human observers. One issue explored concerns the measu…
The Orientation of Local Spatial Reference Frames in Quantum Teleportation
D. M. Snyder
Bennett et al.'s original article on quantum teleportation did not address explicitly synchronizing the orientation of the local spatial reference frames from and to which teleport…