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On 17 Apr 1997, John Gentile wrote:

> : : Garrett Choi (gchoi@cco.caltech.edu) wrote:
> : : 
> : : William Poundstone talks about that Thompson Lamp thing where
> : : basically you imagine you've got this lamp which can switch on and off
> : : infinitely fast.  I walk out of the room and you start.  You turn it
> : : on for 1/2 a minute, off for 1/4, on for 1/8, etc.  After two minutes,
> : : I come back in.  Is the light on or off?
> : : 
> : : 
> : : Garrett
> : : gchoi@cco.caltech.edu
> : : 
> 
> the light is neither on nor off...it's like the dead cat thing, where
> the cat is neither alive nor dead. (dunno if you've heard of that one,
> but oh, well ;-)).
> 
> if I may point out that infinity is nonexistant for the simple reason
> that it disproves itself -- that is... {
> 
> 	infinity is the highest number (usually), and there is no
> highest number, so infinity does not exist.
> 
> }
> 
> 
> since infinity disproves itself, it cannot be reached. the entire
> theory is void. ;-)
> 
>The theory of Shrodingers(misspelled) cat is where a cat and a bowl of 
for todays discussion is milk, are placed into a small chest. The 
question is since you can not see the cat or bowl of milk, when you open 
the chest will the cat have drank the milk? The light question is the 
relevance, absolute quantum thinking, but no one is home!!!!