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    For those of you who never, ever even thought of studying quantum mechanics, and have noooo f'n idea about the 'inside joke' going on itt, I present the inevitable link to wikipedia:

    Schrödinger's cat - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

    The gist of it -- and how it applies to the above -- is as follows: in the 'schrodinger's cat' thought experiment, the cat could either be alive or dead; however, due to some obscure equation in quantum mechanics, the cat must be considered both alive and dead at the same time (i.e. it exists in a 'superposition' of both states). However, we could, at any time, "open the box" the cat is in and 'observe' whether it is indeed still alive.

    The idea is analogous to our situation with whether or not the 'next card dealt' is the ace of spades. In probability theory, the card has a probability assigned to it, based on known information, that it is indeed the ace of spades. However until we actually observe it is that exact card, we can merely assign a probability.

    (At least that's my rudimentary understanding of it. I looked it up in wikipedia, for god's sake. Go me.)

    Last edited by Penneywize; 06-09-2010 at 05:07 PM.
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    And I thought there'd be no way to learn something from this thread.Props to you sir for looking that up and explaining it to the rest of us mere mortals.

    ???Who makes the Quantum and do their mechanics make as much as say a Ferrari mechanic?

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