Schrödinger’s Cat
Schrödinger’s cat, often called a paradox, is a thought experiment devised by Austrian physicist Erwin Schrödinger around 1935.
Anyway, it’s like this: a cat is placed in a sealed box with a sealed vial of poison that will break open at an uncertain time. Since no one knows when or if the poison is released, until the box is opened, the cat is thought of as both alive and dead. One can only pick a state — dead or alive — when the box is finally opened and the cat is seen.
It’s like … hmmm … maybe it’s like when you like someone and you are not sure if they like you back or not and you haven’t even opened the box — crossed a line, dropped hints, told them, ask them out, argh, whatever else analogy you can think of — what that something between you and that someone can be actually thought of as REAL and IMAGINARY, THERE and NOT-THERE, FACT and FANTASY blah-blah-blah-yakkity-blah. Not until you take that risk, tell them how you feel, and find out once and for all what the heck is going on around here, will you know IF THE CAT IS ALIVE OR NOT.
Right?
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Blame The Big Bang Theory for this. It filled my morning and evening train rides with entertainment but rendered me unsociable since my friends couldn’t talk to me what with my ears covered with my gigantic headphones. I don’t care though if I looked like an idiot desperately trying to prevent myself from laughing. Ugh. Anyway, I already finished this season and will be waiting for the next so y’all can have my attention from here onwards — all the other TV shows have gone into hiatus anyway. Bummer.
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28. May 2008 at 23:48
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29. May 2008 at 00:55
i hope the cat is alive ;-)
29. May 2008 at 02:04
nerdoks! amfufu!
29. May 2008 at 08:17
@jemu : me too. hahaha, optimistic daw o. :P but then again, i don’t actually care if it, the cat, is alive or not so eeehhh … ewan haha.
@vanush : tse tse tse tse :P hahaha. baket ba? :P
29. May 2008 at 09:44
waaaaah! i can’t get past the experiment. ang cruel naman ng experiment na yan!!!
29. May 2008 at 10:37
so ano teanuts? have you opened the box? hahaha! buhay ba? buhay yan! :D
29. May 2008 at 11:08
@madam : hehe. opening the box is the risk you have to take. that is, kapag hindi ka na pinapatulog sa kakaisip kung patay na ba talaga siya or hindi pa.
@krotone : i don’t wanna open the box. i don’t even like cats haha. as a matter of fact, i’m quite scared of them. hanudaaaaaawww?! :P
29. May 2008 at 11:11
anticipation builds excitement. wag muna i-open ang box. hehehehe
29. May 2008 at 11:13
@madam : yon naman eh. hehehe. pero may punto ka haha. panalo yan :p
29. May 2008 at 11:20
Isa na naman ba tong tawag sa iyong soulmate? Kung sinuman man ang ikaw na tinatawag ni tinats, sana naman magpakita ka na. Ang aming kaibigan ay matulugin (hindi po typo yan) at maraming daing. Subalit mababawi din yan sa pagiging maalalahin nya at sweet.
Kumatok lang po sa Brown Shuttle, hanapin ang munting binibini at isigaw mo lang “Take me. Take me now!”
29. May 2008 at 14:11
ang sabi ni M:
m: kalugin mo na lang yung box. pag may nag meow buhay pa yung pusa :P
OO NGA NAMAN!
29. May 2008 at 14:15
The best ang talino ni M.
O ayan na tinats, baka sya na nga ang soulmate mo. Nalampasan nya ang iyong paradox. Kakalugin lang nya yung babae para malaman nya kung me feelings din sa kanya o wala. Wahehe.
29. May 2008 at 15:28
di pwede buksan yung box. remember may poison. pati ikaw patay din. hehe… unless… mmm…
29. May 2008 at 15:33
@dyops unless yun talaga ang balak mo hahaha. suicidal ampotek mandadamay pa ng pusa eh :p
29. May 2008 at 15:46
hehe. curiosity killed the cat… tsk tsk…
29. May 2008 at 15:50
@dyops ahahahaha, parang may naalala akong entry na ganyan dati ah, yung curiosity killed the cat, doon sa luma kong blog. triggered by NUMB3RS naman yung post na yun hehehehe.
kadiri na ang ka-nerdo-han na ito. eeeww.
29. May 2008 at 15:54
oo nga. YAAAK! NEEEEEEERDS!!!!! hehe
aray, nakagat ko dila ko :D
29. May 2008 at 18:08
meow?
29. May 2008 at 18:14
haha, paano kapag inalog mo yung box, may meow at nabasag yung vial? :p
yung una, akala ko ikaw yung pusa at di ka pa rin lumalabas sa kwarto/box mo. bakit ka nga pala may poison, huwaaaaat?! anlabo ko, hehe.
29. May 2008 at 18:18
Tinats! Buhay ang pusa. Your love is aaaallliiiivvveee!!!
29. May 2008 at 18:35
@peejay punta ka dito para mabasa mo ang in-depth discussion namin ni meemax sa scenario na yan hahaha.
@meemers waaaaah, i wanted the cat to be dead!
@schrodinger’s cat DROP DEAD! NOW!
29. May 2008 at 19:14
kung gusto mo rin naman palang patay yung pusa eh di hindi mo na pinag iisipan pa ngayon kung buhay ba o hindi. pwede rin iwan mo na lang, mamamatay din yun. lason lang kasama niya sa box eh. hehe
pinag iisipan mo kung buhay pa ba o hindi na dahil me halaga sayo yung buhay nung pusa
30. May 2008 at 10:36
ano ba yan teanuts?
hehe naalala ko yung mag-iinang pusa na tinakpan ko ng batya bago umalis ng bahay years ago. dapat kasi ililigaw sila kaya hinuli kaso wala nang time to fix them so iniwan muna, the next morning na nabuksan yung batya.. ayun patay na sila…. so di mo pala kailangan ng vial of poison… kapag iniwan mo lang sa sealed box, surely it’s gonna die..
kaya yung LOVE IN A SEALED BOX = DEAD!
whahaha
30. May 2008 at 10:52
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30. May 2008 at 11:26
when the cat is away the mouse will play…
pano pa kun dedo na yung cat?
dadami ang mouse…
31. May 2008 at 23:18
sa narra dati binibitay namin yung ga pusa kasi ang sisipag manganak at magtae. yun siguradong patay,kitan-kita sa dalawang mata!haha! mukhang inlab na inlab,no? aw!
31. May 2008 at 23:36
bat ba pusa? pwede bang mice? guinea pig? :p
wag mo na buksan, kusang lalabas ung pusa pag
hindi na natiis. :D
31. May 2008 at 23:42
@mach hala animal cruelty! anong inlab? huh? asan? aw!
@arlan baket pusa? ewan ko haha. tanungin niyo na lang si schrodinger bakit pusa naisip niya.
ayoko na, nag-move-on na ko mula sa topic ng pusa-in-a-box :p