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Schrödinger's Cat


Akano

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With the end of break comes the beginning of a new semester.

 

At least, that happened last week. Today commences week two of my spring semester of my junior year (though I'm a senior by credits—thank you, Advanced Placement!). The week before that was our college's choir tour, my first since I just joined last semester. Holy mukau. I can't even begin to describe how awesome that experience was. I look forward to next year's tour. :)

 

This semester I'm taking a lovely range of physics courses for my major. By a lovely range, I mean that I'm only taking two: Atomic Physics and Quantum Mechanics. Yay Quantum! Yesterday I spent three hours proving the simple statement that Force=Force (or, more accurately, that d<p>/dt=<-∂V/∂x>) via Quantum Mechanics laws. Fun times.

 

Oh, and you may be wondering why I've titled this entry "Schrödinger's Cat." It turns out the cover of my quantum mechanics book has the dear kitty on its front and back covers.

 

That's all for now. Hopefully I'll get up a new comic before the week is over. >>;

 

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Ever see the theory that all Kanohi and Elemental Powers could be explained by quantum theory stuff?

 

Nice classes.

 

> 55555

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Quite obviously, reality would split in two, creating two universes: one where the cat is alive and another where it is dead, thus allowing it to be alive and dead at the same time. You just don't know which universe you're in until you open the box. ;)

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55555: No, I've not read that theory. Now my curiosity is piqued, darn you. :P

 

SPIRIT: That's the general idea *salute* of Schrödinger's kitteh. Another fun thing to learn about is how Young's double slit experiment yields different results if you try to detect which slit a photon goes through. When you try to measure it, it acts like a particle. When you don't measure it, it acts like a wave. Cool stuff.

 

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