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Old June 7th 11, 01:16 PM posted to sci.physics,sci.astro,sci.math
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Default puzzle; Benzene

On Jun 7, 1:00*am, john wrote:
On Jun 6, 7:59*pm, (Michael Moroney)
wrote:







PD writes:
On Jun 6, 2:37=A0pm, john wrote:
When you are able to map the
pathways of the 30 individual electrons of Benzene
according to your 'model',
using AutoCad, or somesuch, please feel free
to squawk.
Actually, electrons in atoms don't have pathways per se, since
Newtonian trajectories are inconsistent with the Heisenberg
uncertainty principle. So drawing pathways, with Autocad or Maya or a
#2 Ticonderoga pencil, is not a representation of reality, John.


That's just the biggest reason why your model fails, John. *Each one of
those 30 electrons has an exact position and velocity (and thus momentum)
at any given point in time. *Quantum Mechanics states that this is
impossible.


So, you think because my model succeeds in
explaining Benzene, it has failed because
your model says it can't be done?


Drawing a path for electrons to go is not an "explanation", John. It
is not comparable to any *measurable* quantities.
What you've done is like coloring in a picture of an atom to claim
that protons are red and neutrons are blue. It explains nothing.


But I have demonstrated an answer.

So now where does that leave your model?