Yoruichi-san Posted June 13, 2008 Report Share Posted June 13, 2008 Look Ma, I can rhyme... ;P I get excited by the light, I jump from state to state, No one can be exactly like me, My brothers I do hate, If when I turn one way you turn the other, You can be my mate, You can try to guess what I'll do next, But I don't believe in fate. Who am I? For those of you whom this is obvious, please wait a little while and give others a chance to guess. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted June 13, 2008 Report Share Posted June 13, 2008 Not 100% sure, but sounds like an electron to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted June 13, 2008 Report Share Posted June 13, 2008 anti bottom quark, It;s like a bottom burp but less charged Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Yoruichi-san Posted June 13, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 13, 2008 anti bottom quark, It;s like a bottom burp but less charged Haha, well, for fun, name the law/theory/phenomenon that corresponds to each line. ;P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted June 13, 2008 Report Share Posted June 13, 2008 An electron, I have no idea what an anti bottom quark is *makes note to research it* but here's my reasoning: I get excited by the light, Electrons are exited by light I jump from state to state, Light causes them to jump the the next level (not sure if the terminology is correct) No one can be exactly like me, No two can have the same 4 quantum numbers My brothers I do hate, Electrons repel each other If when I turn one way you turn the other, A reference to the spin You can be my mate, there are two electrons per level You can try to guess what I'll do next, But I don't believe in fate. You can't know both were an electron is and what it it doing, therefore you can't predict what it will do. Who am I? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Yoruichi-san Posted June 17, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 17, 2008 An electron, I have no idea what an anti bottom quark is *makes note to research it* but here's my reasoning: I get excited by the light, Electrons are exited by light I jump from state to state, Light causes them to jump the the next level (not sure if the terminology is correct) No one can be exactly like me, No two can have the same 4 quantum numbers My brothers I do hate, Electrons repel each other If when I turn one way you turn the other, A reference to the spin You can be my mate, there are two electrons per level You can try to guess what I'll do next, But I don't believe in fate. You can't know both were an electron is and what it it doing, therefore you can't predict what it will do. Who am I? Nicely done! Only thing I'd add:The last line actually refers to the Heissenberg uncertainty principle, which basically says we can not know the exact location and trajectory of a particle, which leads to the result that *we cannot predict the future*! (which I happen to think is the most important result of quantum physics and has repercussions on philosophy and the way we should look at the world...) Here's the line-by-line breakdown I was thinking of when I wrote the poem: Photoexcitation Transitions between energy levels (states) Pauli exclusion principle Coulomb's law (coulombic repulsion) Electron spin Electron pairs having opposite spin in molecular orbits (MO theory) Schrodinger's equation/wavefunctions (probability density functions) Heissenberg uncertainty principle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 akaslickster Posted June 17, 2008 Report Share Posted June 17, 2008 Nicely done! Only thing I'd add:The last line actually refers to the Heissenberg uncertainty principle, which basically says we can not know the exact location and trajectory of a particle, which leads to the result that *we cannot predict the future*! (which I happen to think is the most important result of quantum physics and has repercussions on philosophy and the way we should look at the world...) Here's the line-by-line breakdown I was thinking of when I wrote the poem: Photoexcitation Transitions between energy levels (states) Pauli exclusion principle Coulomb's law (coulombic repulsion) Electron spin Electron pairs having opposite spin in molecular orbits (MO theory) Schrodinger's equation/wavefunctions (probability density functions) Heissenberg uncertainty principle Coooll Dude> you stole my hypothesis. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Yoruichi-san Posted June 17, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 17, 2008 Coooll Dude> you stole my hypothesis. Haha, well, I'm pretty sure others have stolen this hypothesis before both of us...in fact, I'm sure there has been like at least a couple hundred science fiction stories which include it... ;P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted June 17, 2008 Report Share Posted June 17, 2008 right when i read... i thought of a white snowflake Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Look Ma, I can rhyme... ;P
I get excited by the light,
I jump from state to state,
No one can be exactly like me,
My brothers I do hate,
If when I turn one way you turn the other,
You can be my mate,
You can try to guess what I'll do next,
But I don't believe in fate.
Who am I?
For those of you whom this is obvious, please wait a little while and give others a chance to guess. Thanks!
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