The Straight Dope: The story of Schroedinger's cat (an epic poem)

BY PAUL FORD

Shine light on electrons—you'll cause them to swerve. The act of observing disturbs the observed— Which ruins your test. But then if there's no testing To see if a particle's moving or resting Why try to conjecture? Pure useless endeavor! We know probability—certainty, never.'

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Shine light on electrons—you'll cause them to swerve. The act of observing disturbs the observed— Which ruins your test. But then if there's no testing To see if a particle's moving or resting Why try to conjecture? Pure useless endeavor! We know probability—certainty, never.'