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Robert A. Heinlein - The Cat Who Walked Through Walls
Atec Февраль 29 2008 20:18:18
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. Erwin Schrodinger, Albert
Einstein, Wemer Heisenberg-"
"That's the crowd. They were fond of what they called 'thought
experiments'-as if anything could be learned that way. Theologians! Jane Libby
was about to tell you about 'Schrodinger's Cat,' a thought experiment that was
supposed to say something about reality. Jay EU?"
"It was a silly business, sir. Shut a cat in a box. Control whether or not
he is killed by decay of an isotope with a half life of one hour. At the end of
the hour, is the cat alive or dead? Schrodinger contended that, because of the
statistical probabilities in what they thought of as science in those days, the
cat was neither alive nor dead until somebody opened the box; it existed instead
as a cloud of probabilities." Jane Libby shrugged, producing amazing dynamic
curves.
"Blert?"
"Did anyone think to ask the cat?"
"Blasphemy," said Deety. "Richard, this is 'Science,' German philosopher
style. You are not supposed to resort to anything so crass. Anyhow Pixel got the
tag 'Schrodinger's Cat' hung on him because he walks through walls."
"How does he do that?"
Jane Libby answered, "It's impossible but he's so young he doesn't know
it's impossible, so he does it anyhow. So there is never any knowing where he
will show up. I think he was hunting for you. Dora?"
"Need something. Jay EU?" the ship answered
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