[0868] Dating Tips For Girls, Part 3 Of 4
└ posted on Monday, 13 March 2017, by Novil
- Cardboard heart: Dating tips for girls by Larisa
- Sticker: Part 3 of 4
- Larisa: For the first date, it’s better not to go to the cinema. Sitting silently next to each other for two hours isn’t particularly beneficial to building a relationship. You could just as well go out with a cardboard cutout.
- Larisa: On the other hand, a date during which you do nothing but talk puts immense pressure on the poor guy to keep the conversation going.
- Henrik: So, what’s your opinion on…… …… the Copenhagen interpretation of quantum mechanics?
- Larisa: You should therefore choose a location where you can do something fun and talk to each other. For example a fair, a sports event, or the zoo.
- Larisa: But remember to pay at least as much attention to your dating partner as to the giraffes.
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Those actually are really good tips.
Ah, those giraffes…
So the 4th tip has something to do with fire, right?
The date is neither successful or failed, until directly measured by a third party; ie. a giraffe. Granted that there is some uncertainty remaining in the giraffe’s assessment, however probability tells us that buying a giraffe souvenir for her would likely increase the odds of success, substantially.
This is why a sports event would be bad for me. I would pay too much attention to the game and not my date. My suggestion is mini golf or bowling.
Huh. I guess I’m adding “Go on a date with a cardboard cutout” to my bucket list now…
And I don’t like the Copenhagen interpretation. I don’t think the universe should care whether we’re watching it. Maybe the universe likes it if we watch. Some universes are into that.
@ Pony-kour:
I dunno, we assume the superposition is eliminated upon observation but that assumes time is a factor at the quantum level. For all we know the act of observation creates the superposition in the past.
Schrodinger’s Cat can never be more than a gedankenexperiment because it asks us to assume a “sealed” box which blocks external observers from knowing what’s going on inside. That’s impossible because nothing is opaque to gravitation. A living, breathing cat moves and distorts space-time. Infinitesimally, but it’s enough to trigger decoherence the instant the situation becomes thermodynamically irreversible.
A human (or a camera) isn’t necessary.
You might argue the effect is too small but it can be shown that genuinely chaotic events, such as the fall of a die, cannot be computed without taking into account the motions of individual air molecules and even the gravitation of distant planets and suns.
I always use quantum mechanics as a hook for girls. And who would want to see those long-necked rams ??
We must put a giraffe in the box?
Furthermore, take especial care in outlining gedankenexperimenten involving giraffes.
Henrik: …in which case the capsule of poison gas is ruptured and the giraffe dies.
Laverne: *!* ;_; *sob*
Henrik: …But, according to that interpretation, the giraffe exists in a state of being both alive and dead until-
Laverne: Until someone ENDS this metaphysical TORTURE and RESCUES THE POOR GIRAFFE FROM THIS VILE MAN SCHRÖDINGER AND ENDS HIS CRUELTIES FOR GOOD!!! *storms off*
Henrik: (calls after her) But… he’s dead.
Laverne: (from off) Not a problem! Here we are… *re-enters with mallet, sharpened stakes and giraffe pendant* Let’s go and find him and make sure he stays that way!!
As for the problem shown in the last panel…
Henrik: *returns to the giraffe enclosure twenty minutes later* ♪Oh Laverne♪ – look at this! *shows off giraffe face paint*
Laverne: *distracted half-glance* *double take* *gawp* Oh, Henrik… ♥ !
Henrik: We could go and get yours done too…
Laverne: ♥SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!♥
>:=)>
Paying as much attention to your date as you do a giraffe is also the most you could do, considering the nature of percentages.
@ Edda:
That’s pretty much the largest fatal flaw in the thought experiment as it requires immaculately perfect conditions. A single giraffe would ruin the entire experiment.
I don’t know why I didn’t think of this before now, but a date to a fair or the zoo would be pretty awesome. It’s been way too long since I’ve actually been on a date.
Someone hook this girl up with Tycho from penny arcade
I disagree with the Copenhagen interpretation very profoundly.
while I agree that universe does roll the dice, even a rolling dice in every single time is in precisly defined singular state which could be measured if time was frozen.
therefore cat in the box is EITHER dead OR alive. We just have no means with which to determine the state until box is opened.
therefore – our description of situation must account for BOTH possibilities by a superpossition, which when we open the box, we simply adjust by multiplying the untrue part of the function by 0.
Its necessary to remember that all our theories are meerely an artificial mathematical tool to describe universe, and mathematical artifacts of this imperfect tool should not be considered to have fundamental physical effect in universe.
They MIGHT have one, but they do not necessarily have to…
@ Tomas:
That’s going to take a big box.
Stupid long horse!
The Copenhagen Interpretation is probably the correct one, but dammit there is a lot to like about pilot-wave theory. Many Worlds can go die in a fire though, despite that:
Thanks for the Steins;Gate recommendation, it is exceedingly good! I’m about half way through and I never knew a show could create so great a sense of dread without using horror elements.
@Edda A cat in a box would make quite some noise, even if it was sealed.
If it was airtight, the cat would suffocate.
@ Kai:
I’m pretty sure he’s married. And not a pedo.
Date update for guys: Giv equal time to the things she likes. If this is girafs, get interest in girafs and learn about her that way. If se asks you why you like them, at least you should have two answers ready.
@ Korakys:
Korakys wrote:
I prefer the transactional interpretation. On the Gripping Hand there is no difference in the predictions by the theories so the preferred theory is a matter of taste.
At a certain point, we probably just need to give up and agree that the entire universe is simulated and quantum mechanics are a result of the Colonel Sanders Matrix Architect just not caring about complete realism at the atomic level.
If a guy asked me about my opinions on quantum mechanics at a date, I would probably marry him😂
Compared to the first 2 strips this advice is really good.
Also, again it’s obvious how much Novil loves quantum mechanics. And judging from Gaia apparently he is even aware of past/future backscattering 😉
I have honestly asked girls about their thoughts on the Copenhagen Interpretation on first dates…..
If someone genetically engineered a herd of unicorns they could make a fortune from the female aged 5 to 17 demographic.
Freud might have something to say about subconscious reactions to the giraffe’s long neck…
That’s not bad advice.
I disagree with this advice. You should pay attention to the tigers instead.
The entire experiment is invalid, simply because it’s a paradox. It requires a machine to kill the cat which observes the particle, but relies on a lack of observation. You can’t just say the machine doesn’t count.
Even if the machine didn’t count, the cat sure as hell is watching.
Martin wrote:
Just what I was going to say.
Martin wrote:
Agreed. Hidden behind the humour, these tips are all very sensible.
We all know she’ll dump him for the giraffe
Dutton, D.G.; Aaron, A. P. (1974). “Some evidence for heightened sexual attraction under conditions of high anxiety”. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 30: 510–517 Suggest that a suspension bridge is a great candidate for a date location.
Pedantry: Tag says sea lion, but what is pictured seems more akin to a seal; sea lions are enormous loud grumpy dirty thieves, seals are generally smaller, sleeker, and more akin to cute.
Given that those events are often seasonal and sometimes not available even when in season, many smart folks have elected to combine the two, starting with a cinema date followed by some kind of meal or snack, in which the shared experience of the film can be appropriately dissected and discussed. This eliminates the drawbacks of each of the two separate approaches discussed. 😀
That’s completely ridiculous! Who in the world is so obsessed with Gira-
*Sees a Skunk*
Sooooooo Cuuuuuuuute….
@ Jessica, just what are your opinions of quantum mechanics? 😉
(Personally I favor “superdeterministic-with-free-will”: at the time of any quantum event, things are actually just one way or the other – the cat or giraffe is alive or dead – but we do not know until we measure it. However, while each event only goes one way, which way it goes – where there are multiple possibilities – is not completely controlled by anything we can measure: if it was, we could know which way it would go. If there are such things as free will or souls, this is how they interact with the physical, measurable world. Or perhaps it’s just random – beyond what we can know. Or maybe someday we’ll find a way to measure it, but for now we don’t know what’s going on there.)
I was expecting more flamethrowers in these pics, but They are actually really useful.
@ ssfgrgawer:
Can’t be all fire all the time for Larisa. I suspect there may be some pyrotechnics in her next set of tips though.
@ Trimutius:
Lava, not fire…
MatthewTheLucky wrote:
You can say the machine doesn’t count. It can be as simple as needed. It wouldn’t be possible to justify why the cat doesn’t count, however. She may not see in that box but she definitely knows if she’s alive.