Is that Schrodinger's cat?
Either it is...or it isn't.
No! It both is and isn't, at the same time, and you'll only know which one when you actually poke it to check. Sorry, physics geek.
I think I need to catch up on yesetrday's conversation.
Hey, man, where are my pants? I have my hippo dignity!
Oz ,'Bring On The Night'
Natter .38 Special
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Nilly - Aug 24, 2005 6:03:21 am PDT #811 of 10002
Swouncing
tommyrot - Aug 24, 2005 6:04:49 am PDT #812 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
No! It both is and isn't, at the same time, and you'll only know which one when you actually poke it to check. Sorry, physics geek.
Nilly's right. Except when someone said, "Is that Schrodinger's cat?," doesn't that imply the cat has already been looked at? Or maybe just the box that the cat is/isn't in was looked at?
shrift - Aug 24, 2005 6:04:54 am PDT #813 of 10002
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
Yeah, I was summing up the kerfuffles with a resounding, "...huh. I wonder if anyone has posted any porn."
Sophia Brooks - Aug 24, 2005 6:05:09 am PDT #814 of 10002
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
I spent a looong looong time reading this discussion wondering why people kept invoking the Victorian poet Algernon Swinburne.
flea is me.
tommyrot - Aug 24, 2005 6:05:56 am PDT #815 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
"...huh. I wonder if anyone has posted any porn."
I hear Swinburne's well-hung....
Nilly - Aug 24, 2005 6:07:30 am PDT #816 of 10002
Swouncing
"Is that Schrodinger's cat?" doesn't that imply the cat has already been looked at?
If the cat was looked at, the looker can tell definitely if it's alive or dead, though, right?
Or maybe just the box that the cat is/isn't in was looked at?
It can be a nice box with Schrodinger's note on it saying politely "Cat inside. Its status will require revolution in the world of physics. Open at your own risk. Oh, and there's some poison and a bit of radioactive stuff inside, too."
Frankenbuddha - Aug 24, 2005 6:08:49 am PDT #817 of 10002
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I hear Swinburne's well-hung....
Which one? Let me guess - Schrodinger's Swinburne?
tommyrot - Aug 24, 2005 6:08:52 am PDT #818 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
If the cat was looked at, the looker can tell definitely if it's alive or dead, though, right?
Maybe the lighting was bad?
Frankenbuddha - Aug 24, 2005 6:09:41 am PDT #819 of 10002
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Maybe the lighting was bad?
Or the cat's blinvisible?
Gudanov - Aug 24, 2005 6:11:10 am PDT #820 of 10002
Coding and Sleeping
My favorite Schrodinger quote on Quantum Mechanics (specifically Born's Probability Wave Interpretation): "I don't like it, and I'm sorry I ever had anything to do with it."