Schrödinger's Catbox

[Sniper08]

my personal fav name will always be monkey business,but as names go this one aint so bad. i wonder how many ppl will google Schrödinger's Cat to find out what it is

yeah why did they change the title? Is this a joke?

lol @ the newbie

[anonymus]

limecat on duty

genoke is that you?

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[Commander9]

A+ for the name.

[anonymus]

i wonder how many ppl will google Schrödinger's Cat to find out what it is

besides you or including you?
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[Falkomagno]

i like it

[Mr_Adams]

It actually makes quite a bit of sense. The thought experiment to which the name refers is about randomness in probability. The idea is that, ya, it's really, truly, unpredictable. It's like the Riemann Prime Numbers Hypothesis.

[Sniper08]

i wonder how many ppl will google Schrödinger's Cat to find out what it is

besides you or including you?
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i already knew what it meant from watching stargate but if i hadnt seen it on there i doubt i would know what it means.

[Mr_Adams]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7DkeQ0r ... ature=fvwp

Very last joke.

[Phatscotty]

[Victor Sullivan]

Lol, it's funny seeing this from the other side of things.

-Sully

[Mr_Adams]

Lol, it's funny seeing you as a cook.

-Adams

[Victor Sullivan]

Should I whip up some cat food for the felines in this box?

-Sully

[shieldgenerator7]

Lol, it's funny seeing this from the other side of things.

-Sully

what, you changed its name?

[InkL0sed]

It actually makes quite a bit of sense. The thought experiment to which the name refers is about randomness in probability. The idea is that, ya, it's really, truly, unpredictable. It's like the Riemann Prime Numbers Hypothesis.

I thought it was a metaphor for quantum weirdness, but hey, I'm a humanities major.

In any case, is there some sort of pun here I'm missing? Or is the meaning really just on one level? In which case, I repeat: wtf is a catbox?

[SirSebstar]

okay, who are you and what have you done with my usually catty posters? Schrödinger's Catbox and they LIKE it???
go figure!
+1 to lack

[Mr_Adams]

It actually makes quite a bit of sense. The thought experiment to which the name refers is about randomness in probability. The idea is that, ya, it's really, truly, unpredictable. It's like the Riemann Prime Numbers Hypothesis.

I thought it was a metaphor for quantum weirdness, but hey, I'm a humanities major.

In any case, is there some sort of pun here I'm missing? Or is the meaning really just on one level? In which case, I repeat: wtf is a catbox?

That is what it is. It's about how you can't predict the beta decay, and it creates paradoxes and what not.

[Leehar]

It's a catfight in here!

[daddy1gringo]

I have no problem with change; I have complained in the past when they've come up with particularly stupid names. This one's OK, though the previous one was better.

[daddy1gringo]

It actually makes quite a bit of sense. The thought experiment to which the name refers is about randomness in probability. The idea is that, ya, it's really, truly, unpredictable. It's like the Riemann Prime Numbers Hypothesis.

I thought it was a metaphor for quantum weirdness, but hey, I'm a humanities major.

In any case, is there some sort of pun here I'm missing? Or is the meaning really just on one level? In which case, I repeat: wtf is a catbox?

I think there is a pun. In Schrodinger's theoretical experiment the cat is in a box, but a "catbox" is usually where you put the kitty litter, in which case the mods are saying we're all full of...

[safariguy5]

It actually makes quite a bit of sense. The thought experiment to which the name refers is about randomness in probability. The idea is that, ya, it's really, truly, unpredictable. It's like the Riemann Prime Numbers Hypothesis.

I thought it was a metaphor for quantum weirdness, but hey, I'm a humanities major.

In any case, is there some sort of pun here I'm missing? Or is the meaning really just on one level? In which case, I repeat: wtf is a catbox?

That is what it is. It's about how you can't predict the beta decay, and it creates paradoxes and what not.

The actual thought experiment has to do with putting a cat in a box with a radioactive particle. With the box closed, there is a 50% chance that the particle will decay, killing the cat and 50% chance that the particle will not decay, thus saving the cat. And for the purpose of this experiment, you cannot measure anything from outside the box.

So the only way to check whether the cat is alive or not, you have to open the box. However, until you do, quantum mechanics says that the cat is both of its possible states, so the cat is both dead and alive at the same time. It was Schrodinger's criticism of some of the principles of quantum mechanics.

[Mr_Adams]

It actually makes quite a bit of sense. The thought experiment to which the name refers is about randomness in probability. The idea is that, ya, it's really, truly, unpredictable. It's like the Riemann Prime Numbers Hypothesis.

I thought it was a metaphor for quantum weirdness, but hey, I'm a humanities major.

In any case, is there some sort of pun here I'm missing? Or is the meaning really just on one level? In which case, I repeat: wtf is a catbox?

That is what it is. It's about how you can't predict the beta decay, and it creates paradoxes and what not.

The actual thought experiment has to do with putting a cat in a box with a radioactive particle. With the box closed, there is a 50% chance that the particle will decay, killing the cat and 50% chance that the particle will not decay, thus saving the cat. And for the purpose of this experiment, you cannot measure anything from outside the box.

So the only way to check whether the cat is alive or not, you have to open the box. However, until you do, quantum mechanics says that the cat is both of its possible states, so the cat is both dead and alive at the same time. It was Schrodinger's criticism of some of the principles of quantum mechanics.

the Geiger counter would complete a circuit releasing poison to kill the cat, but, ya, that' it, basically.

[Army of GOD]

Troll Forest

[BigBallinStalin]

Troll Forest

I really like this one. "Troll Forest" sounds so pleasant!

[Army of GOD]

Troll Forest

I really like this one. "Troll Forest" sounds so pleasant!

Everyone who enters the Troll Forest is killed and then raped, in that order.

[BigBallinStalin]

Troll Forest

I really like this one. "Troll Forest" sounds so pleasant!

Everyone who enters the Troll Forest is killed and then raped, in that order.

At least the sex doesn't matter.