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is schrodinger's cat a meme?

Last posted Dec 18, 2009 at 02:36PM EST. Added Dec 17, 2009 at 04:19PM EST
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Last edited Jan 19, 2010 at 05:17AM EST

I removed the earlier, completely offtopic posts.

I cannot tell if said cat is a meme without making it a meme? :)

it's more of a inside joke between scientists i think

Physics memes:
- Schrodinger's cat

vs.

Sci-fi memes (?):
- parallel universes
- wormholes to other places/dimensions
- anti-gravity

is dividing by zero considered physics?

No, it isn't.

lol

It's just a random, silly ideal.
You can't cut something into 0 pieces, can you?
It's a simple joke spawning from a random ideal.

Oh, yeah, they chose that one because it is something that everyone can recognize. There are plenty of things you can't do in math, but that is the most well known.

By the way, what math class are you taking, Griff?
Bonus points to anyone who can give me the zeroes of this equation.

3X^2-4X+6

@Griff:
Mathematics.

@Thread:
I wouldn't say it's a meme at this point in time. Let me do some more research.
Also, are there any particular reasons why you would consider this a meme? Links? Derivatives?