FabSwingers.com forum: Schrödinger's Straw

By *ranny-Crumpet OP Woman
over a year ago

The Town by The Cross

If we put the straw into a box with a device that has a 50% chance of flattening the straw within the hour

At the end of the hour and BEFORE you open the box, what state is the straw in ?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

how many times are we conducting the experiment?

if we forget it and come bacl two hours later can we say that we have a 75% chance of it being flat?

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By *ranny-Crumpet OP Woman
over a year ago

The Town by The Cross

"how many times are we conducting the experiment?

if we forget it and come bacl two hours later can we say that we have a 75% chance of it being flat?

Good question Padawan

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By *hrista BellendWoman
over a year ago

surrounded by twinkly lights

Half a flat straw....

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

It depends if anyone is there when the box is opened

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By *etcplCouple
over a year ago

Gapping Fanny

North Carolina

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over a year ago

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By *ealthy_and_HungMan
over a year ago

Princes Risborough, Luasanne, Alderney

the straw is both a particle and a wave and therefore occupy's the same part of space as everywhere else simultaneously.

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By *igmaMan
over a year ago

Yorkshire

Quite possibly the final straw

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By *imon_hydeMan
over a year ago

Stockport

Depends on the cat?

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By *ad NannaWoman
over a year ago

East London

Knowing it's my straw and I'll probably be needing it for something important, the straw will be flat as a pancake.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Quite possibly the final straw"

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By *ad NannaWoman
over a year ago

East London

"Depends on the cat?"

Straw cat.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

We wound need to conduct the experiment for 5 hours to have over a 95% chance of it being crushed.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Is the straw plastic or paper, large girth or small

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Why is it called a straw and not a strawer?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"If we put the straw into a box with a device that has a 50% chance of flattening the straw within the hour

At the end of the hour and BEFORE you open the box, what state is the straw in ?"

Ohio?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Did they have straws in Schrödingers day?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Are we doing this experiment in a forest and will this straw/box be emitting any noise?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Are we doing this experiment in a forest and will this straw/box be emitting any noise?"

I hope you take your straw home with you

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By *avhonaWoman
over a year ago

Away with the faeries

Might depend heavily on how many holes it has...

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"If we put the straw into a box with a device that has a 50% chance of flattening the straw within the hour

At the end of the hour and BEFORE you open the box, what state is the straw in ?"

Depends if bears shit in woods

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By *imon_hydeMan
over a year ago

Stockport

"If we put the straw into a box with a device that has a 50% chance of flattening the straw within the hour

At the end of the hour and BEFORE you open the box, what state is the straw in ?

Depends if bears shit in woods

Only if there's someone there to watch.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Are we doing this experiment in a forest and will this straw/box be emitting any noise?

I hope you take your straw home with you

I can only take home what's left of it but suddenly I feel like you may not be talking about OP's experiment

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

How much do we care about the answer?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"How much do we care about the answer?"

Depends how long the thread keeps going. If someone's got the answer hidden in a box then statistically we'll care 50% less about after an hour...

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By *ophieslutTV/TS
over a year ago

Central

There's limited information provided here, so it's not definitively possible to specify it Granny. It may be in a transitional state, for example

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By *partharmonyCouple
over a year ago

Ruislip

"If we put the straw into a box with a device that has a 50% chance of flattening the straw within the hour

At the end of the hour and BEFORE you open the box, what state is the straw in ?"

I don't know, but I wanted to commend you for including the umlaut in the thread title.

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