(To copy Greg's formatting) 1) It's not so much that you change the electron's fundamental nature when you measure it, it's more that you make it choose what state it's in. Because when you don't measure it, it kind of exists in a probability grid (the cat is both dead and not dead). Obviously, though, you can't observe both of those possibilities so the event resolves itself.
2) This videotape (if you don't know what I'm talking about please ignore this comment) is not so much embarassing because I didn't win, although that is still the source of major annoyance. It's more because I was a rather awkward middle-schooler. Nobody needs video evidence of those years. Especially videos that your mother tries to haul out in front of your friends. *sigh*
Good luck being productive, and you can spend all that free time pitying me. I'm getting up at 6:15 every day. Bah.
Re: chem majors shouldn't try to talk physicsqueylaMay 30 2003, 20:11:46 UTC
hey - I didn't see anybody else weighing in with answers (particularly a certain physics minor who'd already commented). While I understand that you may be too bogged down in the "details" of your "physics" approach, *some* departments like to provide reasonable simplifications that can be easily related and understood. Feel free to post any corrections to my explanation if you like.
Re: chem majors shouldn't try to talk physicsaleadersMay 30 2003, 20:27:56 UTC
Geez, the two of you, can we NOT turn my LiveJournal into a forum for debating the merits of various natural sciences? I guess now I know better than to make any passing references to chemistry in the future. Emily, thank you for your relevant and helpful information, on both accounts. Greg, it's not nice to bait people, unless you're going to at least be relevant and helpful yourself. *sigh* Now back to... um... whatever it is I do around here nowadays.
Re: potential social science majors shouldn't reprimand natural science people reprimanding one anotaleadersMay 31 2003, 08:04:23 UTC
Isn't that the job of social sciences people, though, to mediate disputes, solve interpersonal issues, and work towards building a better society? Isn't that what Psych, PoliSci, and the rest are all about? Not to mention PEACE AND CONFLICT STUDIES. (Not that I've necessarily taken courses in all those deparments). So why don't you go back to studying your damn little cells, and leave the reprimanding to me, k?
1) It's not so much that you change the electron's fundamental nature when you measure it, it's more that you make it choose what state it's in. Because when you don't measure it, it kind of exists in a probability grid (the cat is both dead and not dead). Obviously, though, you can't observe both of those possibilities so the event resolves itself.
2) This videotape (if you don't know what I'm talking about please ignore this comment) is not so much embarassing because I didn't win, although that is still the source of major annoyance. It's more because I was a rather awkward middle-schooler. Nobody needs video evidence of those years. Especially videos that your mother tries to haul out in front of your friends. *sigh*
Good luck being productive, and you can spend all that free time pitying me. I'm getting up at 6:15 every day. Bah.
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