Schroedinger’s Glass

What if we put a glass of water with water in it at exactly 0.5 ratio to the size of the glass. If we also put a person in the box and give that person a drug with a random 50% chance of turning the person into either a pessimist or an optimist, and close the box before we know the effect of the drug on the person, the I suppose the glass is both half-full and half-empty.

Yet another example of why people who don’t really study physics probably shouldn’t be allowed to talk about it.

4 Responses to “Schroedinger’s Glass”


  1. 1 mrben

    If you put Pavlov's dog in a box with Scroedingers cat and ring a bell, does it increase the chance of the cat being dead?

  2. 2 philcrissman

    Pavlov, Pavlov… I can't picture his face, but the name rings a bell….

    (ducks)

  3. 3 Scott Hanselman

    As an engineer, I declare that there is Too Much Glass.

  4. 4 shizly

    About the forms: agreed.

    Also a beef of mine: difficulty in unsubscribing. If I don't use said service, chances are I will not remember my username or password, yet the bad website people want me to go through a “forgot my username” AND a “forgot my password” rigamorole just to unsubscribe. Hell no.

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