She has no wings, but she can fly straight up.
She's a ruthless killer, and a sweet friend.
She cannot talk, but she speaks her mind.
What does she say?
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Paradox, mathematics, poetry, fiction, speculations in philosophy and politics. Copyright 2024, Nathaniel Hellerstein
She has no wings, but she can fly straight up.
She's a ruthless killer, and a sweet friend.
She cannot talk, but she speaks her mind.
What does she say?
(scroll down) |
V
Meow!
Stringy Riddles
Why did the string theorist cross the road?
To get to the 10th dimension.
When did the string theorist hide from the experimentalist?
At the Big Bang.
Where did the string theorist hide from the experimentalist?
Inside a black hole.
How did the string theorist hide from the experimentalist?
By curling up into a tiny ball.
What are zombies and string theorists looking for?
Braaaaanes.
What did the string theorist give to his sweetheart SUSY?
An even bigger accelerator.
When will the string theorist write a field equation?
Ten
years from now, for thirty years.
How many string theorists does it take to change a light bulb?
10 to the 500th power.
The Tape Recorder Spell
To yourself you sound like Gandalf; to everyone else you sound like Pippin.
Epistemological Elephant
Here is a quantum riddle and a Spinoza riddle:
Is light a wave or a particle?
That depends on how you look at it.
Is the One God or Nature?
That depends on how you know it.
Now consider the tale of the Blind Men and the Elephant. The blind men perceive the elephant in different ways, and perceive different things. Define an ‘epistemological elephant’ as something that is perceived depending upon how it is perceived.
Therefore light is an epistemological elephant; and so is the One.
GDN:
What if no one is home?
NH:
Before perception, both light and the One are unknown.