Where's the cat?
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mamilla_sarsum um... a vial is enough, no jam-jars please,
Mon 18 Jun 2007, 21:19,
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the cat may or may not be phoning from inside the box
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mutster101 fell over,
Mon 18 Jun 2007, 21:22,
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does the box also translate?
I like this by the way :-)
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mamilla_sarsum um... a vial is enough, no jam-jars please,
Mon 18 Jun 2007, 21:23,
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If we answer we'll force the quantum state one way or the other
and YOU GOT IT WRONG
the cat would be BOTH phoning from INSIDE AND OUTSIDE the box, it's called quantum superposition.
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Master Of Turnips. Only gays and morons believe in ghosts.,
Mon 18 Jun 2007, 21:27,
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i think you'll find i got it both right and wrong
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mutster101 fell over,
Mon 18 Jun 2007, 21:29,
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*Gets the fuck out of conversation*
:-)
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mamilla_sarsum um... a vial is enough, no jam-jars please,
Mon 18 Jun 2007, 21:30,
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Nope, because, for a start we can all see the answer meaning we're observing it,
collapsing the wave function into one or the other.
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Master Of Turnips. Only gays and morons believe in ghosts.,
Mon 18 Jun 2007, 21:30,
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ah
but until you interpret what i've said as right or wrong the wave form doesn't collapse
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mutster101 fell over,
Mon 18 Jun 2007, 21:34,
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in this box
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finnbar has officially retired,
Mon 18 Jun 2007, 22:09,
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