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ninthace

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Re: Walking Solo
« Reply #75 on: 12:50:48, 17/01/20 »
Then it should be Solo Walkers' Groups

As they walk solo, if there are more than one walker there must be more than one group
  But in reply #68 myxpyr only wanted to start one group     (I can keep this up all day  ;) )
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sussamb

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Re: Walking Solo
« Reply #76 on: 12:55:34, 17/01/20 »
In which case only one walker could be in it  ;D

but then it wouldn't be a 'group'  ;D
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ninthace

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Re: Walking Solo
« Reply #77 on: 13:01:35, 17/01/20 »
Could you have a putative group if they never actually came together?  ???
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Re: Walking Solo
« Reply #78 on: 13:03:38, 17/01/20 »
Oh gawd, what have I started? :o

ninthace

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Re: Walking Solo
« Reply #79 on: 13:13:07, 17/01/20 »
Thinking about it more, quantum theory says there might or might not be such a thing as a solo walker's group provided it was not observed.  At which point, it would either cease to exist or coalesce into a group.  In the latter case, the solo walkers would then cease to exist and the group would again disappear, as it had no qualifying members, to be replaced by ramblers.
In short, they can form a group provided nobody looks at them.
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Re: Walking Solo
« Reply #80 on: 13:20:44, 17/01/20 »
But surely they have to have provable existence in the first place. Schrodinger definitely had a cat, he was sick of cleaning out its litter tray. The lack of observation and  questions on the existence of said cat only came about when it was shut in the box.  ;)
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ninthace

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« Reply #81 on: 13:32:05, 17/01/20 »
What people don't know is he only put it in a box in the first place because it because it kept pooing everywhere.  Then, being an absent minded boffin, he either forgot about it or forgot which box he put it in, so had to come up with a convoluted thought experiment just to explain his missing cat - and you bought it  ;) .
Solo walkers have a provable existence, it is the existence of a group that we are hypothesising.  They may as hard to find as neutrinos, which existed as an idea for years before they had a provable existence.
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Re: Walking Solo
« Reply #82 on: 14:24:13, 17/01/20 »
it is the existence of a group that we are hypothesising.  They may as hard to find as neutrinos, which existed as an idea for years before they had a provable existence.
  O0 Gotcha.
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Re: Walking Solo
« Reply #83 on: 14:29:04, 17/01/20 »
I've done most of my walking solo and about equal amounts in a pair and with a group.

Group walking has advantages in not having to think so much so you can just enjoy the walk as well as having examples of walking to learn from when tackling difficult terrain. On the other hand you can't stop for photos where you like and you have to stop for rests when you don't need them if others do.

Solo walking has advantages of not suffering from the problems of group walking plus some people like the solitude.

Walking in a pair (or a small relaxed group) was my favourite as you can stop for photos, have someone to do or share the navigation with, might have an example to follow and get to socialise and share the experience.

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Re: Walking Solo
« Reply #84 on: 15:10:37, 17/01/20 »
Thinking about it more, quantum theory says there might or might not be such a thing as a solo walker's group provided it was not observed.  At which point, it would either cease to exist or coalesce into a group.  In the latter case, the solo walkers would then cease to exist and the group would again disappear, as it had no qualifying members, to be replaced by ramblers.
In short, they can form a group provided nobody looks at them.
Were you watching that BBC4 prog last night about quantum theory? I saw some, made my head spin! I think....
At least I think it existed..............not sure about the bits of the prog I didnt see....
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ninthace

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Re: Walking Solo
« Reply #85 on: 15:21:54, 17/01/20 »
Were you watching that BBC4 prog last night about quantum theory? I saw some, made my head spin! I think....
At least I think it existed..............not sure about the bits of the prog I didnt see....
I recorded it - not watched yet.  I did 20 lectures on Quantum Chemistry at university and never understood a blind word the man said.  It was made worse by the fact that he wrote on the board with one hand and rubbed it off with the other so I never got to see a whole equation in one go.  That's 20 hours I will never get back but I learned some new squiggles - no idea what they are for though.  I do recall that Schrödinger was fond of surfing because there was something about a wave equation (probably).
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Re: Walking Solo
« Reply #86 on: 15:24:28, 17/01/20 »
If you havent watched it, it doesnt exist.
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« Reply #87 on: 15:27:31, 17/01/20 »
If you havent watched it, it doesnt exist.
Ah, but it will when I do in all probability.
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Re: Walking Solo
« Reply #88 on: 15:36:18, 17/01/20 »
Are you sure?
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ninthace

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« Reply #89 on: 15:50:22, 17/01/20 »
Are you sure?
Spooky ... from a distance I just checked the video and it has collapsed into existence.  Now if I can just disentangle it.
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