A Dramatic Presentation of a Classical Analogue to the Quantum Zeno Effect
A Play in One Act:
John Boy: Good night, Mary Ellen.
Mary Ellen: Good night John Boy.
JB: Are you asleep?
ME: No.
JB: Are you asleep?
ME: No.
JB: Are you asleep?
ME: No.
Repeat several more times
Exeunt, pursued by a bear.
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Recovering alcoholics with poor sleep perceptions will likely relapse:
When we drink, we get drunk. When we get drunk, we fall asleep. When we fall asleep, we commit no sin. When we commit no sin, we go to heaven. Sooooo, let's all get drunk and go to heaven!
- Brian O'Rourke
I'm a terrible sleeper, which is perhaps why I got invited to contribute to a NY Times group blog on "insomnia, sleep and the nocturnal life". Here is my first contribution, which focuses on the work of Dan Wegner:
It seems like everybody with a blog has put up a live-blogging/ open comment thread about the election. I can't really type fast enough to compete in this sort of thing, and anyway, it seems cruel to leave foreigners and apolitical types out of the fun.
Brilliant! If I had been drinking milk, I probably would have snorted it out of my nose.
I wasn't drinking when he pulled this out during dinner, which is a good thing, because I laughed so hard that the dog got all concerned and excited.
Ha! This might be the best physics joke evar.