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Quanta Sutra
By Josh Witten | November 4th 2009 01:37 PM | 10 comments | Print | E-mail | Track Comments
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Andrea Kuszewski's picture
Which begs the question, if any or all parties were observed would their behavior change, and thus still fit the principle?

Andrea Kuszewski | 11/04/09 | 18:11 PM
Becky Jungbauer's picture
I think that depends on whether aforementioned dorm room is located in a frat house.

Becky Jungbauer | 11/04/09 | 18:33 PM
Andrea Kuszewski's picture
Yes, and if the observation was directly, or on a later date via video... and if the behavior change occurred instantly upon being viewed, or after the video made its way through all 8 fraternities on campus.

Andrea Kuszewski | 11/04/09 | 18:47 PM
Becky Jungbauer's picture
If you scroll the cursor over the original picture it introduces the hallway orbital. They must have updated it since earlier today, however, as the current pop-up box is much less gross.

Becky Jungbauer | 11/04/09 | 18:32 PM
Andrea Kuszewski's picture
NICE! I totally missed that little hidden gem of the corridor when I first viewed it. Makes me wonder what the original text was.

Andrea Kuszewski | 11/04/09 | 18:45 PM
Becky Jungbauer's picture
I can't remember verbatim but it involved stumbling kids, drunken debauchery, heavy petting and an extraneous roommate.

Becky Jungbauer | 11/04/09 | 18:48 PM
Andrea Kuszewski's picture
Ah, the extraneous roommate. Always a loose variable.

Andrea Kuszewski | 11/04/09 | 20:08 PM
Becky Jungbauer's picture
I wonder, would you classify the roommate as a discrete or continuous variable?

Becky Jungbauer | 11/04/09 | 20:14 PM
Andrea Kuszewski's picture
I would be inclined to classify the roommate as a discrete variable if he/she pays rent of some kind, or if he/she has a type of romantic/physical relationship with another member of the household.

If the roommate has a relationship with another person who does not live in said residence, and the other residence of the romantic interest is either larger or more luxurious than the roommate's own residence, then maybe he/she would be more of a continuous variable. Depending, of course, on the variable patterns of discord in the roommate's relationship with non-roommate romantic partner or likelihood of the romantic partner taking a post-doc position in Madrid. We could calculate a likelihood ratio to determine the amount of variability... Ok, this is starting to get a little complicated...

Andrea Kuszewski | 11/04/09 | 20:23 PM
Becky Jungbauer's picture
I like how you think. :)

Becky Jungbauer | 11/04/09 | 20:49 PM

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