Honestly, who gets this?

[Thumpin455]

Heisenberg is driving on the highway with Schrodinger as a passenger when he gets pulled over for speeding.
Cop: Do you have any idea how fast you were going?
Heisenberg: No, but I know where I am.
The policeman says "you were going at 95 miles per hour"
Heisenberg: great, now I'm lost!
The cop then opens the trunk and says "Sirs, did you know that there is a dead cat in your trunk?"
Schrodinger: Well, now I do...

Be honest if you get it, but dont give it away. Curious as to how many nerds there are here.

[tedly]

OK, I actually laughed at that.

[oldsman496]

That cop needs to be prosecuted for killing that cat...... poor kitty.

[Dan Barlow]

Well my son that watches the show "the big bang theory" figured the cat part but I'm lost on both. And patient enough to wait for the explanation instead of looking it up.

[squirrel]

I'm not certain that I understand it.

[TRASH]

Made me smile, but I have absolutly no idea.

Cheers, Steve.

[Barry Donovan]

I think I get it..
the schrodingers cat stuff was simlpy an education lesson via analogy about quantum mechanics.

theorizing will never beat observing.

There is a difference between a shaky or out-of-focus photograph and a snapshot of clouds and fog banks.

[Thumpin455]

Heisenberg uncertainty principle states : The more precisely the position of some particle is determined, the less precisely its momentum can be known, and vice versa. So if you know where it is, you cant tell how fast its going, if you know how fast its going you cant tell where it is.

As for Schrodingers Cat, well... you might not understand it even after reading the wiki on it. To put it in laymans terms there is a cat in the trunk and you dont know if its alive or dead until you open the trunk, but due to the way its worded the cat is both alive and dead simultaneously, but there is no way to tell. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schr%C3%B6dinger%27s_cat

Its physics and quantum stuff, one of my hobbies I got into while learning chemistry and biology for my ethanol project.

[tedly]

I'm not certain that I understand it.

<groan>

[Monk]

Thump.......you been drinkin?

[BigBlockMopar]

Opening the trunk could have skewed the result.
Maybe the cat was alive when the trunk was closed, but opening it killed it...

[Thumpin455]

Thump.......you been drinkin?

Not tonight, yet. Just been hanging with some geeks and nerds, got to thinkin.

[Grumpy]

I'm still clueless even after the explaination, of course that's pretty much the way I've went through life!

[Monk]

I'm still clueless even after the explaination, of course that's pretty much the way I've went through life!

Me and you both.........it's a 60's thing (era that is)

But I do know why the chicken crossed the road

[tedly]

Opening the trunk could have skewed the result.
Maybe the cat was alive when the trunk was closed, but opening it killed it...

I'll be sure to thank you for that little nugget when I'm trying to fall asleep tonight.