Strictly, for the agnostics and instrumentalists,
anything smaller can't be known. But most people here are 2 x 10
-35m thick and don't care.
/physics humour, lowest of all humours.
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Flapjack I spay a little mare for you, Wed 1 Jul 2009, 10:58,
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I'd say good luck
but it's too late.
On the other hand, until you find out your results you have a quantum superposition of all possible results. You should be able to get a job with that.
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Flapjack I spay a little mare for you, Wed 1 Jul 2009, 11:01,
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It's both dead and alive.
Or alive and dead.
Or you could say that the cat has eyes and can be called an observer so it's in one state or the other but only the cat knows.
Or you could stop caring, like I did.
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Master Of Turnips. Only gays and morons believe in ghosts., Wed 1 Jul 2009, 11:03,
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Only the cat knows.
That is my new catchphrase.
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DeSpong currently knitting your suggestions - see profile, Wed 1 Jul 2009, 11:05,
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I think a stuffed cat might be a better choice
as it also can't KNOW it's alive or dead.
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spangolin - the odds are good but the goods are odd, Wed 1 Jul 2009, 11:11,
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Yeah,
but an outside observer knows it's dead.
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Master Of Turnips. Only gays and morons believe in ghosts., Wed 1 Jul 2009, 11:12,
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Why didn't I think of that before?
Although mathematically some classifications weren't achievable.
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Master Of Turnips. Only gays and morons believe in ghosts., Wed 1 Jul 2009, 11:02,
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Nah,
I already know the result of 80% of the degree.
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Master Of Turnips. Only gays and morons believe in ghosts., Wed 1 Jul 2009, 11:06,
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