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One of the bitchy things about the job search: strangers call me. And I want them to call me, I really do, even at odd hours. Still, it plays hob with blogging. Not much time left for serious writing pursuits . . .
Here’s what caught my eye tonight at ThinkGeek:
From the wonderful geeks at ThinkGeek,
Don’t get it? We propose the following thought experiment:
- Give your friend enough money to purchase the “Schrödinger’s Cat” shirt (don’t forget the shipping).
- Tell your friend to take the money and lock himself in a room with a cigarette lighter.
- Let your friend know that once in the room he is to randomly choose either to burn the money, or return in five minutes with the money intact. We emphasize that this must be completely random (aka, impossible for a human to determine but bear with us).
- Your friend must then stay in this box for eternity. Hey, that’s how thought experiments work. Hopefully he/she is OK with that.
There’s more; I’ll let you have fun with it.
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I told the OR crew today that I was leaving. There was much wailing and gnashing of teeth. Upon hearing the news, one woman said, “I’m dealing with a lot of sadness right now.”
I said, “Do you think the hospital needs to offer grief counseling?”
I can be such a prick sometimes.
D.
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I suppose you’ve seen this, then?
Alternate titles:
Gedankenexperiments: ur doing it wrong
I can has Verschränkung?
Oh, that is a thing of beauty.
Oddly enough I (think I) actually saw one of those shirts the other day. At least, I caught a glimpse of it and read it subliminally – looked back and the wearer was gone. Thought to self: “surely I must have misread* that.” Ha! I guess I didn’t.
* For some reason whenever I see a van with “shopfitter” on it, I always have to do a doubletake, as for some reason my brain wants to read it as “shoplifter”. Go figure.
Should I call the OR staff anonymously and scream into the phone, “You loss is going to be my gain.” Then laugh like the crazy person I am. I will get you some pictures on Saturday. I charged my camera’s batteries today.