Physicists seek to put one thing in two places

World Science ^ | 25 Sept 2006

[tm61]

but can they put things on top of other things?

[SlowBoat407]

That would confuse the cat (Schroedinger's Cat, of course). There, I've run rings around you logically!

[true_blue_texican]

It would be more accurate to say that they are making it move by "touching it,"

Very good point!

[Lazamataz]

Physi­cists say they have made an ob­ject move just by watch­ing it.

(Laz looks at his crotch)

[Red Badger]

"Physi­cists say they have made an ob­ject move just by watch­ing it."

Hell, my mother could do that!............."Take out the garbage"....."Mow the lawn"......etc......

[Oberon]

I have the same mystical power over men.

[droning monotone] ...she has the same mystical power over men...

[JamesP81]

Sometimes I can look at a woman and actually move her 10 feet or more... away from me.

Ahh, yes, I possess this same power as well. Perhaps we are strong in the force?

[headsonpikes]

All I want to know is - does the Cat live?

[SlowBoat407]

Perhaps we are strong in the force?

My brother, we are strong in something.

[snarks_when_bored]

All I want to know is - does the Cat live?

Yes and No.

[grey_whiskers]

All I want to know is - does the Cat live?

Did Schroedinger ever have to change his kitty litter?

[onedoug]

A new variation of the old boson-fermian trick?

[Larry Lucido]

Physicists seek to put one thing in two places

Big deal. So do porn stars.

[jwalsh07]

Sounds almost, well, Newtonian.

[headsonpikes]

Yes and No.

And here I thought it was Yes and/or No. This new sort of physics is obviously less inclusive.

[Eastbound]

"This ef­fect, Schwab said, is a ba­si­cal­ly quan­tum-me­chan­i­cal phe­nom­e­non called back-action, in which the act of ob­serv­ing some­thing ac­tu­al­ly gives it a nudge."

Ahah! Eureka! Forsooth! Verily! Is there a possibility that a tree falling in the forest makes no sound unless someone is listening?

[snarks_when_bored]

All I want to know is - does the Cat live?

Did Schroedinger ever have to change his kitty litter?

See post #30.

[Pride in the USA]

ping

[snarks_when_bored]

(laugh)

[KarlInOhio]

Physicists seek to put one thing in two places

Which is why Schrödinger used cats for his famous thought experiment. A cat could be meowing in front of her food bowl, knocking things off of her favorite shelf and getting under your feet simultaneously. Cats are also good at quantum tunneling where you can block all paths from point A to point B but the cat still moves between them.