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Speaking of Cloud Chambers and Schroedinger's Cat...

   Mon, January 14, 2013 - 2:25 PM
To roughly paraphrase someone, hurling two particles together head-on at nearly the speed of light to determine the nature of the Universe is like hurling two watches together head-on at nearly the speed of light, to determine how Watches work, by studying the debris traces.
Mon, January 14, 2013 - 2:25 PM - permalink - 3 Comments



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CarpenterNJ
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Mon, January 14, 2013 - 4:28 PM
Schrödinger's cat is dead,

"I'm not dead yet..."

"Well I can't possibly take him like that..."

;o)
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Mon, January 14, 2013 - 6:49 PM
Casting aside several possibly brilliant but probably not responses, I will just note the irony that the wall clock from our phone call last week died.
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Hryhoots
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Thu, January 17, 2013 - 10:03 PM
Actually...
Actually, it crude, but if you have no idea of what's inside, at least you get to see the gears. It could lead to more sophisticated discoveries.

By the way, that's one of my favorite paintings. It's best seen from a distance, though. Dali's strong points were his ideas, not his brushwork.
 
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