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PONDERABLES
I'm trying to think of one event in my life where a girl found out I had an erection and offered intercourse and I declined. How does it happen exactly? Seriously. I mean we fuck goats and apple pies for Christ's sake.
Make of that as you will.
I have a casual acquaintance with the stream of electrons behaving like a wave or a particle depending on whether it is being observed. I have a question about it and know I could probably find out the answer with hours of research but I would rather ask you.
There must be a device to observe the behavior. I can understand that if the device is removed then the behavior of the beam should be altered. But is it that simple? More precisely - is it the detector that alters the beam and not our observation.
^^A4^^
God, I love biology.
My wife has fired many employees (mostly for stealing) and she had to be very careful when responding to a call from another store that was thinking of hiring that person. She could be sued if she laid it on too thick without ironclad documentation. So, the key question was: "Would you hire this person again?" An answer of "No" spoke volumes and there was no liability since the question asked for my wife's opinion.
*I only posted that to get a rise out of all my homophobe commenters.
This is from a "science" textbook at a Christian school:
That from the same people who think mankind sprang from one incestuous family - TWICE!
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Wife: get me a plate
Me: which plate?
Wife: any plate, doesn’t matter
*brings plate*
Wife: no not that one
What does it tell us about the market if the Fed Chair is buying scratch-offs?
Some people make you realize just how bad prison would really be.
PEOPLE
Time to call in the young priest and the old priest!
Did you notice the strange ceiling?
I forgot to pick mine up...TWICE!
He looks so...normal.
Being a world-class lazy person I have been asked to assist on many a project because they knew I would find the easiest, fastest way to accomplish any task.
I attended the birth of both of my daughters and I will assure you that I did not act like that guy.
Bitch was seeing in Ultra 4K HD.
The pinnacle of parenthood is when you switch to Chuao Chocolatier Spicy Maya Dark Chocolate Bars because you know the kids won’t touch them.
My wife posed in a cheerleading outfit for her dating profile to weed out the weirdos.
PLACES
And please don't try to tell me that your ancestors fought honorably.
Curiosity Has Found Some Truly Weird-Looking, Twisty Rock Towers on Mars
The columns were probably created from cement-like substances that once filled ancient cracks of bedrock. As the softer rock gradually eroded away, the snaking streams of compact material remained standing.
Omaha Beach
*I don't think placing anything on that beach is a good idea.
Well, of course, they did.
Watch carefully...
Ducks, ducks, ducks...
Because they float that's why.
I haven't got a clue.
Proof that kids sometimes listen…
My 5yo: Why are you not getting dressed to take me to school?
Wife: I’m dressed
5: Those look like pajamas
Wife:
5: Did you brush your teeth?
Wife: Yes
5: Let me smell
If I ever lose an eye, I’ll want plastic surgery to move the remaining one to the middle.
THINGS
Later...
Rainbow Lobster
Tropical rock lobster (Panulirus ornatus) is a large spiny lobster with 11 larval stages. It migrates annually from the Torres Strait to Yule Island in the Gulf of Papua in order to breed. After the migration, the sexes segregate by water depth. Males enter shallower water and females enter deeper water until the eggs have hatched. Female Panulirus ornatus produce up to three broods with a reduction in the size of each subsequent brood.
There is no return migration of breeding adults. Reproductive migration across the Gulf of Papua occurs to disperse larvae in oceanic currents that favor their distribution near the Torres Strait. Dispersed throughout the eastern coast of Australia, Panulirus ornatus larvae must migrate as juveniles to the adult habitat in the northern Torres Strait. From there, they remain in a specific reef complex for 1–2 years until they are of breeding age and undertake the annual mass migration to breed.
Does anyone know the "efficiency" of coal-powered plants?
That just looks a little inefficient to me.
Ladies, there is only one reason that your clothes don't have the pockets you crave - because you keep buying them without pockets.
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Tree Fence
I wondered why they left the wheelbarrow in the shot but it does tell us the scale.
A root's perspective
Science tells us that crown shyness is not created by the limbs rubbing against one another. If that is correct, can anyone explain it?
Yeah, like anybody is going to remember if the guy is fishing in the same river.
‘It’s about the journey, not the destination’ sounds like something the inventor of the hot air balloon came up with.
Amazon only lets you put 51 items in your cart and
A) that’s bullshit
B) I probably shouldn’t know this.
TODAY'S WORTHY MP4s
Normal exchange with law enforcement in the US...
Normal exchange with law enforcement in Australia...
The Automobile Industry
D-Day Remake
He never takes his eye off the ball
Waterfall-powered slide crank mechanism
Could that be used for grinding grain?
Cultural Differences
That's something I've never even thought about.
Lost Trust
Please read the tiny print
-sound on-
And...
*Feel free to make that as funny as you like.
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But is it that simple? More precisely - is it the detector that alters the beam and not our observation.
^^A4^^
Detector and observation are the same thing in context of the experiment.
"What does the experiment tell us? It suggests that what we call "particles", such as electrons, somehow combine characteristics of particles and characteristics of waves. That's the famous wave particle duality of quantum mechanics. It also suggests that the act of observing, of measuring, a quantum system has a profound effect on the system. The question of exactly how that happens constitutes the measurement problem of quantum mechanics."
A4
The double split experiment shows that particles have wave characteristics. The wave front passes through both slits and this causes an interference pattern on the detector (alternating light and dark bands). Closing one slit, alters the pattern showing that the wave is passing between both slits. The interference would have happen whether or not there is a detector present.
investigations
The detector can also detect individual electrons impacting, showing that they also have a particle nature.
A7
Are the unpublished commentators also Eastern European ?
A8
Sadly that does appear to be an actual book. http://www.skepticfriends.org/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=15017
A10
The government, state, and most charities. If the problems were solved, we wouldn't need them.
B6
Wellington Paranormal, the second best spin off from the NZ movie, "What we do in the shadows"
B9
As General Hammerstein-Equord said : "I divide my officers into four groups. There are clever, diligent, stupid, and lazy officers. Usually two characteristics are combined. Some are clever and diligent — their place is the General Staff. The next lot are stupid and lazy — they make up 90% of every army and are suited to routine duties. Anyone who is both clever and lazy is qualified for the highest leadership duties, because he possesses the intellectual clarity and the composure necessary for difficult decisions. One must beware of anyone who is stupid and diligent — he must not be entrusted with any responsibility because he will always cause only mischief"
C1
I can imagine you wouldn't support the Marshal plan then ? The Germans should have been force to pay back more reperations ?
C4
And rich people's yachts are also exempted
C10
I know the state is inefficient, but surely a department can carry out multiple parallel investigations ?
D4
Coal powered plants are 100% more efficient that solar power at night.
E2
Surely you can buy cars online in the US ? IF not, it must be another regulatory capture of your corrupt politicians
Puzzletime
The toilet bowl ?
Puzzle Time: The Great Porcelain God
D3 -What is the maximum efficiency of US coal plants?
Typical thermal efficiency for utility-scale electrical generators is around 37% for coal and oil-fired plants
B7: So you think you know “normal”? LOL
C1: Aren’t you from one of those confederate states?
D3: Efficient enough to smelt the steel and aluminum necessary to make solar panels.
C10: Think that is bad; Biden’s FBI had to break up an ISIS plot to use the incorrect pronouns.
A4. You are right. But as you can see from other comments, it is not that simple.
Actually, from all my heart, I really suggest anyone to spend those 2 hours to understand this subject better. The most wonderful outcome of this exercise will be that you realise that you don't understand how it works at all. It's a fascinating detective story and sometimes I really regret that I can't read it for the first time again.
It is funny, if you check the wiki page for wave-particle duality, you'll see that first couple of passages are dedicated to the confusion of Einstein, Planck and others who discovered and described it. They seem to be sorry to mess things up so badly, but it was too late and shit hit the fan.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wave%E2%80%93particle_duality
If you ready to invest 2 hours of your time, gentle reader, then I strongly recommend you not to read it on the internet. Better to read it as a detective-story in The Feynman Lectures on Physics, Volume III (aha, the Nobel-Prize-winner guy). Read the chapter "Quantum Behaviour": https://www.feynmanlectures.caltech.edu/III_toc.html
Just read it for 2 hours as a detective story, don't waste time on formulas. It is more than enough OK if you understand 30% of if. Those 2 hours will change you forever. Or maybe not.
Dear Feynman Fan, How could you not sign your name to such a brilliant comment? I thank you very much for the thought and time you gave me. I wish you nothing but the best.
RH
I'n not a Feynman fan, to be honest. I'm more a theory guy, while his lecture books are good for experimental physicists (he doesn't bother giving you solid theoretical foundations of what he is explaining in his lectures). But in this particular case his approach is very good. When since can't give us answers we seek them in philosophy, where metaphors are very important. European philosophical tradition is based on 2 books: Aristoteles and The Bible, therefore even when we study the dry turd of an ape we question ourselves "What is our place in all this?" and "What are the limits of cognition". American cultural context (which Feynman belongs to) is based on the philosophy of pragmatism: Americans ask 2 questions when they study new phenomenon: "How to make money with it?" and "Can it kill people?" (just kidding, ;-) ). So I thought it would be easier for the American audience to read it in Feynman.
But, noted, next time, I will put my name.
Cheers,
Borys
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