Apparently, I'm hanging out with the wrong (?) people because I had never heard of this before. Since the level of intellect among members on this forum is fairly high, I should like to ask if any among you has heard of the "buttered cat paradox?"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buttered_cat_paradox
So the problems of plentiful energy and global warming have already been solved! We just need to get the word out!
http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/Murphy%27s_law_application_for_antigravitatory_cats
This is similar in concept to the GRM Paradox, in which an incredibly talented and good looking driver owns a Miata that is so close to perfect that he no longer wishes to drive it...
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=280721087471&viewitem=&sspagename=STRK%3AMESELX%3AIT
A paradox: "This statement is false."
In any problem there are assumptions and givens, axioms that are absolute and irrefutable. In this case "cats always land on their feet": is a commonly held falsehood. Put enough backspin on them and they just don't. Period.
What's Al Gore's opinion on this theory?
914Driver wrote: What's Al Gore's opinion on this theory?
Oh, please! Do we have to go there?
Frankly, I don't see any way to bring Al Gore into this discussion without the whole dialogue degrading into a diatribe on feline flatulence and it's impact on global warming.
914Driver wrote: What's Al Gore's opinion on this theory?
his opinion is that he invented it
But that's just the natural progression after inventing the Internet.
what if the buttered cat was also Schrodinger's cat? Would anybody ever know if he could fly?
mad_machine wrote: what if the buttered cat was also Schrodinger's cat? Would anybody ever know if he could fly?
He could in a box. Probably.
What if... the oscillating buttered cat did so in a moebius loop?
mad_machine wrote: what if the buttered cat was also Schrodinger's cat? Would anybody ever know if he could fly?
We'd never know for sure, because you'd have to close the wave function to find out.
mndsm wrote:mad_machine wrote: what if the buttered cat was also Schrodinger's cat? Would anybody ever know if he could fly?We'd never know for sure, because you'd have to close the wave function to find out.
Buttered cat in a mobius loop: I don't know if it matters, since the buttered cat would also be outside the loop at the same time. The same would be true for trying to stuff the cat into a klein bottle.
[and that's without invoking wave forms and quantum theory.]
RossD wrote: A paradox: "This statement is false."
"Don't-think-about-it-don't-think-about-it..."
Lesley wrote: What if... the oscillating buttered cat did so in a moebius loop?
Please stop flaunting those big brains of yours.
4cylndrfury wrote:914Driver wrote: What's Al Gore's opinion on this theory?his opinion is that he invented it
Would the outcome had been the same if the internet had been invented by a buttered Al Gore?
Woody wrote: This is similar in concept to the GRM Paradox, in which an incredibly talented and good looking driver owns a Miata that is so close to perfect that he no longer wishes to drive it... http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=280721087471&viewitem=&sspagename=STRK%3AMESELX%3AIT
Hey now, that's one nice Miata.
mad_machine wrote: what if the buttered cat was also Schrodinger's cat? Would anybody ever know if he could fly?
I can state with 100% certainty that Schrodinger's buttered cat is BOTH flying AND not flying at the same time. 
I imagine it must be hard to fly in a small box
...unless the poisonous gas is lighter than air...
Woody wrote:Lesley wrote: What if... the oscillating buttered cat did so in a moebius loop?Please stop flaunting those big brains of yours.
Wow, she has more than one? No wonder she's awesome!
All I can think of is that's going to be one pissed off cat. I wouldn't want to be the person to remove the toast. 
Simple physics people, a cat has much more mass than a slice of buttered bread/toast, therefore the cat overpowers the bread.
If I'm not mistaken, I'm quite sure it is generally the BREAD that is buttered, not the CAT.
But if buttered cats are what you are into... whatever floats your boat.
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