Club 30's "Kill The Boredom Demon" Jive Pad, 71st Edition
-
It's a 'thought experiment' come up by the quantum physicist Erwin Schrodinger to explain what wavefunction theory and eigenstates are all about.Originally posted by Wanda:It's about an experiment whereby they put a cat into a box, then measure the mass of air inside, or something like that right? I learnt about it from a funny book by Tim whats-his-name from Home Improvement.
You put a cat in a box, with a vial of poison and one radioactive atom. You cannot actually see what is going on inside the box.
If the atom undergoes radioactive decay, it will break the vial of poison.
Here's the interesting part: since you cannot see the cat, it will be no be known whether it is living or dying.
In quantum physics-speak, we say that the cat is in between eigenstates of either life or death and can only be described by a mathematical wavefunction.
Then when you actually open the box, the wavefunction collapses, and the cat is dead. -
Thanks...but erm...i dun find it funny.Originally posted by fudgester:It's a 'thought experiment' come up by the quantum physicist Erwin Schrodinger to explain what wavefunction theory and eigenstates are all about.
You put a cat in a box, with a vial of poison and one radioactive atom. You cannot actually see what is going on inside the box.
If the atom undergoes radioactive decay, it will break the vial of poison.
Here's the interesting part: since you cannot see the cat, it will be no be known whether it is living or dying.
In quantum physics-speak, we say that the cat is in between eigenstates of either life or death and can only be described by a mathematical wavefunction.
Then when you actually open the box, the wavefunction collapses, and the cat is dead. 
-
Originally posted by fudgester:It's a 'thought experiment' come up by the quantum physicist Erwin Schrodinger to explain what wavefunction theory and eigenstates are all about.
You put a cat in a box, with a vial of poison and one radioactive atom. You cannot actually see what is going on inside the box.
If the atom undergoes radioactive decay, it will break the vial of poison.
Here's the interesting part: since you cannot see the cat, it will be no be known whether it is living or dying.
In quantum physics-speak, we say that the cat is in between eigenstates of either life or death and can only be described by a mathematical wavefunction.
Then when you actually open the box, the wavefunction collapses, and the cat is dead. 
Not having much knowledge in physics etc, when i read about it my first thoughts were to relate what I could understand of it to the countless arguments of what is Art?
Between what The artist create, and the interpretation
that is always left to the observer -- not having any standard mode of measurements, Is it really possible to communicate that which is so apparently visible on the canvas to the observer?
Without influencing the message it was supposed to convey, by anything that is .. extrinsic of the art. So essentially, the artist gives a closed box to the observer. So what next?
So if art is life. uhh. .. etc etc bla bla blah.. I wrote this many years ago lah. -
dont worry.. no kittens were harmed in the process.Originally posted by Wanda:Thanks...but erm...i dun find it funny.
just metaphorical for there can be a lot of talk/deduction/theorems but no possible action to determine results because every single tihng u actually DO to determine the result will influence it somehwhat.
At least that's how I understand it ... -
The experiment has nothing against kittens really. Could be any living thing in the box.Originally posted by Wanda:Thanks...but erm...i dun find it funny.
-
somehow this sound like you wanna cut off their legs so tat they can't stalk uOriginally posted by Wanda:I believe there are ways to cut them off.... so they can't continue stalking...
-
I was thinking more along the lines of bodies floating down kallang riverOriginally posted by tare:somehow this sound like you wanna cut off their legs so tat they can't stalk u 
-
wah seems like the gals here all got stalkers!!
heng ah i don't have
only those who persistantly try to ask me out for dinners/drinks/movies... but they don't count as stalkers rite? -
Originally posted by av98m:I was thinking more along the lines of bodies floating down kallang river
we spent millions to clean it up liao loh.. and still evry dirty leh
cut off ther legs and bury them.
at least become fertiliser. -
I think zora mentioned she got kang tao for some industrial acid bath thingy that will dissolve their bodies and leave nothing behindOriginally posted by ShrodingersCat:
we spent millions to clean it up liao loh.. and still evry dirty leh
cut off ther legs and bury them.
at least become fertiliser. -
*suddenly remember pinky bear's mini garden at home*Originally posted by ShrodingersCat:
cut off ther legs and bury them.
at least become fertiliser. -
stalkers ? ...
bodies ? ... -
on that note, we may need your garden sometime. dun worry, we'll replant the grass after we're doneOriginally posted by Fatum:stalkers ? ...
bodies ? ... 
-
Ya, I know...any living thing also I wun find it funny.Originally posted by choco B:The experiment has nothing against kittens really. Could be any living thing in the box. -
Hmmmm useful... *rubs chin* very... useful....Originally posted by av98m:I think zora mentioned she got kang tao for some industrial acid bath thingy that will dissolve their bodies and leave nothing behind -
Originally posted by tare:somehow this sound like you wanna cut off their legs so tat they can't stalk u
No need to dirty our hands lah...just use psychological warfare....strike where it will hurt most. -
i was just warning some fellas last night.
I can run him down with any vehicle from scoots to cranes.
Gun him down with weapons
cook him into a unrecognizable curry meal
....if he ever messed with my sibs and niece. I strongly believe my nephew at his tender age of 3 will do more torture w/o me helping. -
how about if its a plant? like a .. cactus?Originally posted by Wanda:Ya, I know...any living thing also I wun find it funny.
i think radioactive atoms can kill cacti too.. i mean why they need to use mammals right?
mebbe a leech would be a good idea to use. -
Leech also got feelings
How about some harvested living cells in a petri dish?Originally posted by ShrodingersCat:how about if its a plant? like a .. cactus?
i think radioactive atoms can kill cacti too.. i mean why they need to use mammals right?
mebbe a leech would be a good idea to use. -
There was a short film with Amy Cheng acting as a lady with a rooftop garden of potted plants and Hossan Leong was looking at thru his telescope everytime at some opposing condo.Originally posted by tare:*suddenly remember pinky bear's mini garden at home*
There was males interested in AmyCheng and one surly guy invited himself up to that rooftop to 'view' that garden and was promptly cut into pices with axes and transpotted into the various potted plant as fertilizer.
Interesting good morbid short film i still remember and liked. -
eh some guy did that in history okay.. and it became PENICILLIN and saved lots of lives...Originally posted by choco B:Leech also got feelings
How about some harvested living cells in a petri dish?
if u put it into a radioactive box, you are going to deprive mankind of possible medical solutions.
-shake head-
leeches on the other hand, I believe to be dispensable. -
Amy Cheng is hotOriginally posted by viciouskitty74:There was a short film with Amy Cheng acting as a lady with a rooftop garden of potted plants and Hossan Leong was looking at thru his telescope everytime at some opposing condo.
There was males interested in AmyCheng and one surly guy invited himself up to that rooftop to 'view' that garden and was promptly cut into pices with axes and transpotted into the various potted plant as fertilizer.
Interesting good morbid short film i still remember and liked.
-
I'll leave you ladies to the debate....
I gotta go back...tata.
-
I am happy to note.
That the virus program they ran on the office comp shows no threat/virus. (Gleeful now.)
And I still have not mentioned that the comp is running on counterfiet program and wrong OS as well as sub standard chips resulting in that comp system have 'floppy disk failure' everytime it starts up and the date time is always wrong. -
But they are good stuffs once properly cultivated in labs for sucking out bruises on skins and face.Originally posted by ShrodingersCat:leeches on the other hand, I believe to be dispensable.
Or that 'Speed II' where leeches was used to suck out copper from blood affected by radiation?
If you radiate the leeches, it might turn into a monster leech or become microscopic and inhaled and turns animals who has it in their blood stream to become blood thirsty how? (too much B grade sci fic story.)