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Schrödinger's cat (lemmy.world)
submitted 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago) by lawrence@lemmy.world to c/comicstrips@lemmy.world
 
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[–] HalfAHero@lemmy.world 73 points 21 hours ago (5 children)

Schrödinger hated this cat metaphor, he originally told it to highlight its absurdity.

However, Schrödinger was also a devout pedophile and rapist, so I take glee every time his cat is referenced. Fuck him.

[–] communist@lemmy.frozeninferno.xyz 14 points 13 hours ago (1 children)
[–] HalfAHero@lemmy.world 22 points 12 hours ago (2 children)

I said what I meant.

Moore describes Schrödinger having a 'Lolita complex'. He quotes from Schrödinger's diary from the time where he said that "men of strong, genuine intellectuality are immensely attracted only by women who, forming the very beginning of the intellectual series, are as nearly connected to the preferred springs of nature as they".

Schrödinger's Personal life

[–] missfrizzle@discuss.tchncs.de 12 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago)

yuck. he apparently groomed a 14yo he was tutoring and eventually got her pregnant, and later preyed on a 12yo (per Wikipedia.)

never meet your heroes.

eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeshh

[–] Doc_Crankenstein@slrpnk.net 20 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago) (1 children)

Loved my psych professor. When we went over him she made it VERY clear that we were only doing so because he happened to be influential in the founding of modern psychology, but otherwise he was full of shit and a horrible person.

Edit: I'm an absolute dumbass and somehow mixed up Schrödinger and Freud.

[–] prime_number_314159@lemmy.world 4 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Are you perhaps thinking of someone else? As far as I'm aware, Schrödinger is only well known for work in particle physics, quantum mechanics, and related physics fields.

[–] Doc_Crankenstein@slrpnk.net 2 points 7 hours ago

No, I think I am. I have somehow confused Schrödinger for Freud.

Wow. Brains be dumb sometimes.

[–] prettybunnys@sh.itjust.works 25 points 18 hours ago

Schrödinger was also a devout pedophile and rapist

ohno

[–] creamlike504@jlai.lu 14 points 19 hours ago

The word "devout" in this context threw me so hard.

[–] tetris11@lemmy.ml 10 points 19 hours ago (2 children)

I've seen this exact comment copied/pasted from elsewhere

[–] lunarul@lemmy.world 4 points 11 hours ago

Including the follow up of someone questioning "devout" and getting that quote in response.

[–] HalfAHero@lemmy.world 9 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

That was probably me. A sign that I've saturated the fediverse with my rant and I should cool it.

[–] magiccupcake@lemmy.world 4 points 10 hours ago

Still my first time seeing it. And as a physicist who wants to strive to improve my field we should know these things.

[–] tetris11@lemmy.ml 13 points 19 hours ago (1 children)
[–] jj4211@lemmy.world 49 points 18 hours ago (2 children)

The message could be read as either

Kill him not, wait for me

Or

Kill him, not wait for me

It's a bit of a stretch to be honest

[–] tetris11@lemmy.ml 3 points 6 hours ago

oh its supposed to be interpreted two ways, I see thank you

[–] someguy3@lemmy.world 5 points 18 hours ago

Kill him not, wait for me and I'll kill him.

[–] gibmiser@lemmy.world 19 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

That cats attorney looks like the sidekick bad dog from all dogs go to heaven

[–] RunJun@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 18 hours ago
[–] gigachad@piefed.social 7 points 21 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Akasazh@feddit.nl 1 points 3 hours ago

I know the 'sch' can be a difficult phoneme for the Americans, but this variety is special

[–] JelleWho@lemmy.world 8 points 21 hours ago (2 children)

I think they forgot the comma in the telegram

[–] skisnow@lemmy.ca 1 points 9 hours ago

Commas cost extra, so it was commonplace to leave them out.

[–] 14th_cylon@lemmy.zip 18 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

i think that is the point of the comic. "schrodinger's telegram"...

[–] AFKBRBChocolate@lemmy.ca 6 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

It is, but it's dumb because the cat analogy doesn't have to do with ambiguity.

[–] LegoRobinHood@lemmy.ml 7 points 18 hours ago

I think the point and the dumbness are in superposition

[–] zabadoh@ani.social 6 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

But if you put him in the gas chamber without any windows or other observation means, is he alive or dead?

[–] jafra@slrpnk.net 2 points 19 hours ago

I think it's a classic short story format, it leaves you guessing what happens next.