Wayne,


That is the difference between a clever man like you and a stupid
scientist like me.

A clever man leaves the box unopened, a stupid scientist thinks he is
able to answer a 'classical' physics question.

Probably curiousity killed the cat, if it had not been curious to see
what was in the box it might not have been killed after all. Opening the
box killed it anyway.


Regards,


Jan Gerrit


Wayne Brown wrote:
>
> The cat's death was your fault.  If you had left the box alone, the cat would
> have remained in an indeterminate state indefinitely, and might well have
> outlived all of us.
>
> I've tried that approach with my bank account:  If I don't look at the balance,
> maybe the money will stay there.  But somehow it disappears anyway.  Ah, the
> mysteries of physics.
>
> Wayne
>
> Jan Gerrit Kootstra <[log in to unmask]> on 08/24/2000 03:11:13 PM
>
> Please respond to Jan Gerrit Kootstra <[log in to unmask]>
>
> To:   [log in to unmask]
> cc:    (bcc: Wayne Brown/Corporate/Altec)
>
> Subject:  Re: [HP3000-L] OT: The truth about the refrigerator light,
>       if anyone wants to look a real scientist.
>
> Evan and other readers,
>
> Try this horroble question: "How did the cat die?" I found a cat after
> opening  a 'black' box it problably was dead for a few hours. All I
> found was an empty food can and a deadly radioactive material that could
> have killed the cat. I am unable to do anatomy on the cat.
>
> Please tell me if the cat died of hunger or of radioactive possioning?
>
> For the Scientist among us, this question was once introduced by
> Schroeder, a Nuclear physist to 'explain' the term 'discrete state'
> measurement.
>
> Evan Vaala wrote:
> >
> > I challenge Erik's theory.  I believe the inside of the refrigerator always
> > exists and that we on the outside world do not exist.  I think that this has
> > been proven.  See below.
> >
> > <desperate attempt to sound scientific>
> > I have heard a theory that the distance between the nucleus and electron field
> > of an atom is a very great distance in proportion to the actual size of the
> > nucleus and as a result everyone and everything(except the refrigerator - to
> > hold my theory sound) is composed of a great deal of null space.  WIRT ATMAR
> > please step in and help!
> > </desperate attempt to sound scientific>
> >
> > Theory II:
> >
> > The inside of the refrigerator is a gateway to a parallel universe.
> >
> > Evan Vaala
> >
> > Erik Vistica wrote:
> > >
> > > :-)  OK, I'll concede that the light really does go out but from what I
> > > can tell (based on the camera's perspective), the entire interior of the
> > > refridgerator ceases to exist when the light goes out and comes back
> > > into existence when the light comes back on.
> > >
> > > So now, instead of wondering if the light goes out when the door closes,
> > > I now wonder if the interior is still there when the light goes out.
> > >
> > > Stan Sieler wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Does the refrigerator light go out?
> > > >
> > > > http://www.sieler.com/refrig.html
> > > >
> > > > Definitely "Off Topic" :)
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Stan Sieler                                           [log in to unmask]
> > > > www.allegro.com/sieler/wanted/index.html          www.allegro.com/sieler