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On the front, it says "Schrodinger's cat is dead"
On the back, it says "Schrodinger's cat is NOT dead"
I thought it was quite funny.
So far this morning, I have had to explain the basics of this experiment to 9 people.
But the most surreal moment was when I realised that I was in the canteen, explaining basic Quantum Theory to the catering staff, most of whom do not have English as their first language.
Purple Monkey Dishwasher Wibble
+++out of cheese error+++
Please reboot universe and try again
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/05/2007 09:18AM by xmorpheus.
This is funny. I had never heard of S's cat until recently reading a mystery by Martha Grimes, The Old Wine Shades, where this theory was explained and prominently featured. Now, all of a sudden it seems to be everywhere. It was mentioned in an episode of NCIS this Tuesday and now is in the Phorum and on t-shirts.
I wonder if it is one of those things that was regularly being referenced and because it had no meaning to me, I didn't notice. And now that I've heard of it, it is suddenly everywhere. Or rather, for some reason it has gained recent popularity and really is cropping up more frequently.
I want a shirt that says, on the front, "The sentence on the back of this shirt is false," and on the back, "The sentence on the front of this shirt is true."
What`s interesting is that nearly all message-board posts are little quantum experiments. Except in the cases of those who`ve met each other, we just sort of have to take each other`s word for it. For all I know, you might all be axe-murdering, male ice-cream truck drivers.
I have a shirt with a picture of a cat, a gas mas and the phrase "Think outside the box".
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'We're all mad here. I'm mad, you're mad." [said the Cat.]
"How do you know I'm mad?" said Alice.
"You must be," said the Cat, "Or you wouldn't have come here."
- Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures In Wonderland
I think I got the idea from you... I got my sister to make it.
Pretty sure I read it somewhere, probably you. :D
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'We're all mad here. I'm mad, you're mad." [said the Cat.]
"How do you know I'm mad?" said Alice.
"You must be," said the Cat, "Or you wouldn't have come here."
- Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures In Wonderland