Erwin Schrödinger’s Birthday

[CDNSushi]

In honour of the day, I'm pleased to announce that Shrödinger's cat is....

(Pic. obtained from http://www.timemachinego.com/linkmac...alive-dead.jpg)

[Chas]

Schrödinger - Isn't that something to do with a cat falling down in the forest and being Catholic?

[O'Searcaigh]

Well, I will either be shocked or lmao at your
attire/lack of it

And my cat may or may not be sitting next to
me

-Don

Actually, it is a logically necessary truth that your cat is either sitting next to you or not sitting next to you, whether or not you even have a cat. Now, whether your cat can be both sitting next to you and not sitting next to you (without asserting a contradiction) depends on a number of things -- e.g., whether you have more than one cat, the fundamental natures of space and time and/or, as expressed in an infamous comment by a former U.S. President, on "what the meaning of 'is,' is."

[unixken]

...as expressed in an infamous comment by a former U.S. President, on "what the meaning of 'is,' is."

If that that is 'is' is that that is not 'not is', is that that is 'not is' that that is not 'is'?

[rondo]

I think you are all missing the point: the OP is talking about Schrodinger's boxers not his cat... so, until someone actually looks, the OP may or may not be wearing Schrodinger's boxers...I think...therefore... I am...what I am...oooooh! sparkly keys...
Rondo

[EagleJCS]

the OP may or may not be wearing Schrodinger's boxers...

I hope they were washed first... ewww...

[O'Searcaigh]

If that that is 'is' is that that is not 'not is', is that that is 'not is' that that is not 'is'?

Formally (syntactically) yes, whether the meaning of 'is' is an is of attribution (material implication) or is an is of identity (bi-conditional) because “that that is 'is' is that that is not 'not is' if and only if that that is 'not is' is that that is not 'is'” -- otherwise known as the “Law of Transposition.” However, informally (semantically) it all depends on what the meanings of all the is’s are and especially if the ‘is not’ is an is not of specific denial or an is not of nothingness and hence semantically open to a fallacy of ambiguity (equivocation). At least that’s my take on it as a student of nothing!

[McElmurry]

Sometimes an is is just an is.

[unixken]

Formally (syntactically) yes, whether the meaning of 'is' is an is of attribution (material implication) or is an is of identity (bi-conditional) because “that that is 'is' is that that is not 'not is' if and only if that that is 'not is' is that that is not 'is'” -- otherwise known as the “Law of Transposition.” However, informally (semantically) it all depends on what the meanings of all the is’s are and especially if the ‘is not’ is an is not of specific denial or an is not of nothingness and hence semantically open to a fallacy of ambiguity (equivocation). At least that’s my take on it as a student of nothing!

You SO just reminded me of the "Romans, go home!" scene, from "The Life of Brian". LOL

[xman]

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