The Broad Thighs of Justice [Redux]
"May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view. May your mountains rise into and above the clouds."
Edward Abbey, naturalist and author (1927-1989)
Monday, November 29, 2010
Monday, September 20, 2010
I'm standing beside your car. I'm sitting behind your table. I'm hovering over your copy of Cosmo. Underneath your folding chair. In front of your eyes. Swimming in your Starbucks Tall Mocha Frappuccino. Do you miss me? Do you think of me at all? Do you hear our song on the radio at night? And when you do, do you mouth the words and think about the way we danced, the time we laughed only at ourselves? I hate you so much.
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Monday, December 14, 2009
Saturday, September 26, 2009
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Why should they? Why should they come? They need not come. If they come, they will leave. If they leave, they won't return. They shouldn't come only to leave, but surely they can't stay. If they can't stay, why should they bother coming? There must be a way to make them return. Variety, variety, consistency.
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Saturday, January 03, 2009
You cannot precisely measure the most essential properties of subatomic behavior. According to Werner Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle, the more precisely you measure one property, the less precisely you can measure another.
To clarify, you can only observe the position of an electron by bouncing something off it (light is a common example). This means that you need to introduce some form of radiation that has energy of its own. The problem is, this energy will disturb the path of the electron. In other words, more energy must be added in order to determine the position of an electron more precisely, and the more energy is added to the electron, the more you will disturb its velocity.
So conversely, you must minimize the electron's exposure to radiation in order to measure its velocity more precisely, but the absence of sufficient radiation (light is again a good example) will make it impossible to precisely determine its position. Hence, the more precisely you measure one property, the less precisely you can measure another.
The above applies to the universe on a subatomic level. It should not be confused with the Observer Effect.
To clarify, you can only observe the position of an electron by bouncing something off it (light is a common example). This means that you need to introduce some form of radiation that has energy of its own. The problem is, this energy will disturb the path of the electron. In other words, more energy must be added in order to determine the position of an electron more precisely, and the more energy is added to the electron, the more you will disturb its velocity.
So conversely, you must minimize the electron's exposure to radiation in order to measure its velocity more precisely, but the absence of sufficient radiation (light is again a good example) will make it impossible to precisely determine its position. Hence, the more precisely you measure one property, the less precisely you can measure another.
The above applies to the universe on a subatomic level. It should not be confused with the Observer Effect.
Tuesday, December 30, 2008
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