Superposition and Collapse

There is a difference between a shaky or out-of-focus photograph and a snapshot of clouds and fog banks. —Erwin Schrödinger

Sri Lanka National Museum 17-Oct-12

I was treated to a reiteration of the problems posed by Erwin Schrödinger’s 1935 thought problem in a couple of recent Dilbert strips.

I was treated to this image of the Buddha last year in Colombo’s (Sri Lanka) National Museum when I unpacked my camera, air conditioned overnight, in a humid environment. The condensation on the lens was something I had not anticipated after the previous fifteen months of life in desert-like dryness.

Today was a day to ponder whether such things are merely fortuitous or are the result of some conscious intent of the universe or maybe the result of past actions.

Saturday (8 June) was Scott Adams’ birthday.

 

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