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Sherry Shaw wrote:
> *cat* knows what happened."
That was exactly the point of the thought-experiment. At what level of
sophistication does the "observer" collapse the possibilities? The
argument was over whether having instruments there was sufficient to
"collapse the wave form", or whether someone actually had to look at the
instruments.
</fuddyduddy>
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Darren New / San Diego, CA, USA (PST)
It's not feature creep if you put it
at the end and adjust the release date.
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Darren New wrote:
> Sherry Shaw wrote:
>> whether or not Schrödinger's Lab Assistant looks in the box, because
>> the *cat* knows what happened."
>
> That was exactly the point of the thought-experiment. At what level of
> sophistication does the "observer" collapse the possibilities? The
> argument was over whether having instruments there was sufficient to
> "collapse the wave form", or whether someone actually had to look at the
> instruments.
>
> </fuddyduddy>
"If nobody can observe you, you don't exist."
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Tim Cook
http://empyrean.digitalartsuk.com
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Tim Cook <z99### [at] bellsouth net> wrote:
> "If nobody can observe you, you don't exist."
Perhaps that answers the question "If a tree falls in a forest and no one
is around to hear it, does it make a sound?"
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- Warp
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> --Sherry "Crazy Cat Lady" Shaw
LOL! I can *so* picture that...
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Tim Cook wrote:
> "If nobody can observe you, you don't exist."
I have this feeling almost every day...
It's like I'm invisible or something. Oh, wait...
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Warp wrote:
> Perhaps that answers the question "If a tree falls in a forest and no one
> is around to hear it, does it make a sound?"
So... if a man speaks in a forest and no women is there to hear him...
is he still wrong?
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>> As someone else said. Imagine the conversation at the hospital, then
>> imagine the roaring laughter of the doctors and staff ...
>
> I think they would be already used to people a lot more stupid.
Lamentably yes...
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And lo on Fri, 11 Jan 2008 17:39:09 -0000, Kyle <hob### [at] gatenet> did
spake, saying:
> On 11 Jan 2008 11:52:04 -0500, Warp <war### [at] tagpovrayorg> wrote:
>
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curiosity_Kills_the_Cat
>
> <snip>The frequent rejoinder to 'curiosity killed the cat' is
> 'satisfaction brought it back'.</snip>
>
> I've never heard that one. I'll have to use it next time someone feeds
> me the curisoity line.
Around here it normally goes "but satisfaction brought it back". Heard it
all my life, just goes to show how some 'common' sayings aren't really
considered in a wider context. Unlike "all round the Wrekin" which is
definitely local.
--
Phil Cook
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I once tried to be apathetic, but I just couldn't be bothered
http://flipc.blogspot.com
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And lo on Mon, 14 Jan 2008 09:21:10 -0000, Invisible <voi### [at] devnull> did
spake, saying:
> Warp wrote:
>
>> Perhaps that answers the question "If a tree falls in a forest and no
>> one
>> is around to hear it, does it make a sound?"
>
> So... if a man speaks in a forest and no women is there to hear him...
> is he still wrong?
Yes by definition any male opinion is wrong regardless of location or
audience.
The last man on Earth sat contemplating his woes "Alone, so alone"
At which point the last women on Earth walks up just to contradict him.
--
Phil Cook
--
I once tried to be apathetic, but I just couldn't be bothered
http://flipc.blogspot.com
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And lo on Fri, 11 Jan 2008 20:29:00 -0000, Nicolas Alvarez
<nic### [at] gmailisthebestcom> did spake, saying:
>> As someone else said. Imagine the conversation at the hospital, then
>> imagine the roaring laughter of the doctors and staff ...
>
> I think they would be already used to people a lot more stupid.
No doubt from the patients answering the obvious question with "I
accidentally sat on it" ;-)
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Phil Cook
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