Comments on: The Quantum Physics of My Marriage http://aroomofmamasown.com/2007/09/the-quantum-physics-of-my-marriage/ Tue, 10 Jan 2012 01:04:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: unreliable narrator http://aroomofmamasown.com/2007/09/the-quantum-physics-of-my-marriage/comment-page-1/#comment-7073 unreliable narrator Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:59:47 +0000 http://aroomofmamasown.com/wordpress/?p=211#comment-7073 (Also behind the times, but:) Man, those eyerolls can be SO LOUD. (Also behind the times, but:) Man, those eyerolls can be SO LOUD.

]]> By: C. Christine @ battleofjoan http://aroomofmamasown.com/2007/09/the-quantum-physics-of-my-marriage/comment-page-1/#comment-7015 C. Christine @ battleofjoan Fri, 26 Feb 2010 18:14:02 +0000 http://aroomofmamasown.com/wordpress/?p=211#comment-7015 Look, I know I'm behind the times on this posting, but I'm just now discovering your site and am loving it. I like the comparison. It's true... the unknowing can drive a woman mad. We just have to be at peace with what we know, and do the best we can from there. Then make tough decisions with the information we do have. I am starting a new blog on my trials and triumphs. Thanks for your excellent inspirations and resources. BattleofJoan.blogspot.com Look, I know I'm behind the times on this posting, but I'm just now discovering your site and am loving it.

I like the comparison. It's true... the unknowing can drive a woman mad. We just have to be at peace with what we know, and do the best we can from there. Then make tough decisions with the information we do have. I am starting a new blog on my trials and triumphs. Thanks for your excellent inspirations and resources. BattleofJoan.blogspot.com

]]> By: lookfar http://aroomofmamasown.com/2007/09/the-quantum-physics-of-my-marriage/comment-page-1/#comment-2779 lookfar Tue, 13 May 2008 22:42:00 +0000 http://aroomofmamasown.com/wordpress/?p=211#comment-2779 This is a wonderfully sophisticated set of ideas for dealing with other people in general. This is a wonderfully sophisticated set of ideas for dealing with other people in general.

]]> By: BizyLizy http://aroomofmamasown.com/2007/09/the-quantum-physics-of-my-marriage/comment-page-1/#comment-2706 BizyLizy Wed, 07 May 2008 03:27:00 +0000 http://aroomofmamasown.com/wordpress/?p=211#comment-2706 I really enjoyed reading this post. I'm also a big fan of geeky quantum physic theory stuff, string theory, relativity, etc.<br/><br/>To respond to another poster who commented that the cat itself knows whether it's alive...true. But, to play the devil's advocate, the cat doesn't know whether or not the person on the other side is dead or alive (assuming we apply the same standards outside the box as inside - toxic poison thing). And so, from the cat's perspective, there can be dual realities until the box is opened and reality is resolved.<br/><br/>But what happens if the cat is dead and there is no perception on its end? Or more intriguing still, what happens if both human and cat are dead? What to make of reality then? What is simultaneously occuring? Four separate realities?<br/><br/>This just tickles my brain! I love it! I really enjoyed reading this post. I'm also a big fan of geeky quantum physic theory stuff, string theory, relativity, etc.

To respond to another poster who commented that the cat itself knows whether it's alive...true. But, to play the devil's advocate, the cat doesn't know whether or not the person on the other side is dead or alive (assuming we apply the same standards outside the box as inside - toxic poison thing). And so, from the cat's perspective, there can be dual realities until the box is opened and reality is resolved.

But what happens if the cat is dead and there is no perception on its end? Or more intriguing still, what happens if both human and cat are dead? What to make of reality then? What is simultaneously occuring? Four separate realities?

This just tickles my brain! I love it!

]]> By: Moonmaid http://aroomofmamasown.com/2007/09/the-quantum-physics-of-my-marriage/comment-page-1/#comment-718 Moonmaid Fri, 21 Sep 2007 14:42:00 +0000 http://aroomofmamasown.com/wordpress/?p=211#comment-718 Oh, I woke up today and sweet-talked geography and astronomy, while cuddling in bed. How sexy is THAT? :) I really loved your post, it got me thinking about trust. This is goooood blogging stuff. Meet you out there! Oh, I woke up today and sweet-talked geography and astronomy, while cuddling in bed. How sexy is THAT? :) I really loved your post, it got me thinking about trust. This is goooood blogging stuff. Meet you out there!

]]> By: woman.anonymous7 http://aroomofmamasown.com/2007/09/the-quantum-physics-of-my-marriage/comment-page-1/#comment-717 woman.anonymous7 Fri, 21 Sep 2007 06:30:00 +0000 http://aroomofmamasown.com/wordpress/?p=211#comment-717 My sex addict husband and I also enjoy talking physics. And he's the more science oriented one, and I'm the liberal-artsy absolutist who likes to extrapolate. <br/><br/>Your post was so moving - it's a beautiful thing to see my husband as a wave and a particle at the same time. I struggle with this duality on a daily basis, and your analogy has given me insight that I didn't have before. I can't wait to tell him about this! My sex addict husband and I also enjoy talking physics. And he's the more science oriented one, and I'm the liberal-artsy absolutist who likes to extrapolate.

Your post was so moving - it's a beautiful thing to see my husband as a wave and a particle at the same time. I struggle with this duality on a daily basis, and your analogy has given me insight that I didn't have before. I can't wait to tell him about this!

]]> By: Mantramine http://aroomofmamasown.com/2007/09/the-quantum-physics-of-my-marriage/comment-page-1/#comment-715 Mantramine Fri, 21 Sep 2007 05:17:00 +0000 http://aroomofmamasown.com/wordpress/?p=211#comment-715 ahh, what a wonderfully geeky post. It was the best non fattening desert EVER. I live to ponder and poke grey matter. The word quantum physics gets me all hot.<br/><br/> It takes a real star to articulate all that. nice work. Thanks for the trip ahh, what a wonderfully geeky post. It was the best non fattening desert EVER. I live to ponder and poke grey matter. The word quantum physics gets me all hot.

It takes a real star to articulate all that. nice work. Thanks for the trip

]]> By: Ingrid http://aroomofmamasown.com/2007/09/the-quantum-physics-of-my-marriage/comment-page-1/#comment-713 Ingrid Fri, 21 Sep 2007 04:20:00 +0000 http://aroomofmamasown.com/wordpress/?p=211#comment-713 From another liberal arts type who loves to use science terms I vaguely know about to make inferences about life, that was a great post. From another liberal arts type who loves to use science terms I vaguely know about to make inferences about life, that was a great post.

]]> By: Shawn http://aroomofmamasown.com/2007/09/the-quantum-physics-of-my-marriage/comment-page-1/#comment-712 Shawn Fri, 21 Sep 2007 00:43:00 +0000 http://aroomofmamasown.com/wordpress/?p=211#comment-712 It's the day of posts about light and reality and deep thinking ... it's all around my blogosphere today! I love it. Great post ... way to nail it. I imagine that we all kind of live in that purgatory of our own reality of what is true and what is not -- and what we just want to be true today. <br/><br/>So nice to have you back, writing. It's the day of posts about light and reality and deep thinking ... it's all around my blogosphere today! I love it. Great post ... way to nail it. I imagine that we all kind of live in that purgatory of our own reality of what is true and what is not -- and what we just want to be true today.

So nice to have you back, writing.

]]> By: Virginia http://aroomofmamasown.com/2007/09/the-quantum-physics-of-my-marriage/comment-page-1/#comment-710 Virginia Thu, 20 Sep 2007 23:20:00 +0000 http://aroomofmamasown.com/wordpress/?p=211#comment-710 But here's the thing about Schroedinger's cat: the CAT knows whether it's alive or dead! Well. At least, it knows if it's alive. It's always seemed incredibly solipsistic to me to assert that reality can be defined by our knowledge of it. Which I guess goes for marriage as well. Anyway, I'm no physicist either and those who are assure me that there's some incredibly significant subtlety to that thought experiment that I'm just not getting. I can live with that.<br/><br/>I do get the thing about your world feeling totally untrustworthy when you got the learned your husband had lied to you. I've felt that way several times in my life: When my grandparents died, when my parents divorced, and after the big earthquake in 1989. All those events altered the conditions of my existence; I literally felt shaky for months afterwards. And I was completely unprepared for all of them, even though, if someone had asked me whether any one was theoretically possible, I'd have had to say yes. Funny how that works. But here's the thing about Schroedinger's cat: the CAT knows whether it's alive or dead! Well. At least, it knows if it's alive. It's always seemed incredibly solipsistic to me to assert that reality can be defined by our knowledge of it. Which I guess goes for marriage as well. Anyway, I'm no physicist either and those who are assure me that there's some incredibly significant subtlety to that thought experiment that I'm just not getting. I can live with that.

I do get the thing about your world feeling totally untrustworthy when you got the learned your husband had lied to you. I've felt that way several times in my life: When my grandparents died, when my parents divorced, and after the big earthquake in 1989. All those events altered the conditions of my existence; I literally felt shaky for months afterwards. And I was completely unprepared for all of them, even though, if someone had asked me whether any one was theoretically possible, I'd have had to say yes. Funny how that works.

]]>