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* Schrödinger's Cat. Dear God - Schrödinger uses a jocular analogy to point out the flaws in the Copenhagen Interpretation, and it becomes the first thing the average person thinks of regarding Quantum Physics, and the ''only'' thing non-specialists know about one of the most important theorists in the field. |
* Schrödinger's Cat. Dear God - Schrödinger uses a jocular analogy to point out the flaws in the Copenhagen Interpretation, and it becomes the first thing the average person thinks of regarding Quantum Physics, and the ''only'' thing non-specialists know about one of the most important theorists in the field. |
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** [[It Got Worse|Made worse]] in that it's now "common knowledge" that Schrödinger was ''explaining'' quantum physics, not attempting to point out what he saw as a fatal flaw in the interpretation. |
** [[It Got Worse|Made worse]] in that it's now "common knowledge" that Schrödinger was ''explaining'' quantum physics, not attempting to point out what he saw as a fatal flaw in the interpretation. |
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* The Turing Machine. An ad-hoc description of precise algorithms to [http://www.thocp.net/biographies/papers/turing_oncomputablenumbers_1936.pdf illustrate a point that had already been rigorously made when Alan Turing got around to publishing it] turned out to be useful in a few other situations. |
* The Turing Machine. An ad-hoc description of precise algorithms to [https://web.archive.org/web/20110222111427/http://www.thocp.net/biographies/papers/turing_oncomputablenumbers_1936.pdf illustrate a point that had already been rigorously made when Alan Turing got around to publishing it] turned out to be useful in a few other situations. |
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* There is a popular bit of Spanish slang about wanting one's partner to be "like a train". Big, heavy, made of metal? Hint: It has nothing do with steam, either. {{spoiler|It's supposed to mean "so that they get me to a hundred". As in, heartbeats per minute, not miles per hour.}} |
* There is a popular bit of Spanish slang about wanting one's partner to be "like a train". Big, heavy, made of metal? Hint: It has nothing do with steam, either. {{spoiler|It's supposed to mean "so that they get me to a hundred". As in, heartbeats per minute, not miles per hour.}} |
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* [[Bill Gaede]] will interpret ''any'' analogy from theoretical physics literally, with unintentionally hilarious results. |
* [[Bill Gaede]] will interpret ''any'' analogy from theoretical physics literally, with unintentionally hilarious results. |
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