ICTDirect_Dave Posted April 6, 2020 Posted April 6, 2020 I don't know what you are talking about sir, I haven't used time travel and you have no evidence. And this is why every EduGeek comp NEEDS a 'no time travel' clause! 2
FishCustard Posted April 6, 2020 Posted April 6, 2020 I don't know what you are talking about sir, I haven't used time travel and you have no evidence. You say "you haven't used time travel", but you make no mention of "will use time travel at some point in the future". So while your statement may well be true in isolation, it's not necessarily the whole truth is it....? 3
CAWJames Posted April 6, 2020 Posted April 6, 2020 Hmmm, Type 1 here, but bonus daughter's would benefit, my Libre would have a fit!! 222 1
DJ-1701 Posted April 6, 2020 Posted April 6, 2020 OK - why have I only just seen this!!!! are you all terri-fried that I will win?? were you all being shellfish by not telling me?? anyway - I'm assuming that it will be a multiple of 5 so my estimate is 250 @mikeprice, hopefully this will prevent such things from happening again. http://www.edugeek.net/forums/other-stuff/214645-competitions-edugeek.html You say "you haven't used time travel", but you make no mention of "will use time travel at some point in the future". So while your statement may well be true in isolation, it's not necessarily the whole truth is it....? I haven't, am not and will not use time travel during this competition... satisfied? Good. 2
bald_pig Posted April 6, 2020 Posted April 6, 2020 @mikeprice, hopefully this will prevent such things from happening again. http://www.edugeek.net/forums/other-stuff/214645-competitions-edugeek.html I haven't, am not and will not use time travel during this competition... satisfied? Good. So you're waiting until the competition ends, then going back to just before it starts? Gotcha. 2
mikeprice Posted April 6, 2020 Posted April 6, 2020 So you're waiting until the competition ends, then going back to just before it starts? Gotcha. but he has promised not to use time travel and, I presume, he will not make it so that those posts never happened And - clearly - we all trust all time travellers who are members - genocidal aliens or not so it will all be OK unless one of them wins in which case WE DEMAND AN INQUIRY 2
VeryPC Posted April 7, 2020 Author Posted April 7, 2020 Entries close at midday today, if you haven't entered yet then you better get cracking!
Sanchez Posted April 7, 2020 Posted April 7, 2020 (edited) Hadn't seen this until now. I'll go with 222. Edit: I can see 222 has been guessed so I'll up it to 225 (think that is free!) Edited April 7, 2020 by Sanchez 1
Scotbynature Posted April 7, 2020 Posted April 7, 2020 I was going for 197 but already taken so Ill go for 198 1
Scotbynature Posted April 7, 2020 Posted April 7, 2020 Or technically there are only 7 eggs on display, the rest are boxes. Schrodinger would argue that until they are opened they both do and do not contain eggs. How about that for some outside the box thinking, haha. 3
ICTDirect_Dave Posted April 7, 2020 Posted April 7, 2020 Or technically there are only 7 eggs on display, the rest are boxes. Schrodinger would argue that until they are opened they both do and do not contain eggs. How about that for some outside the box thinking, haha. How do you count quantum eggs that are in superposition? Or do you perhaps get two guesses as you can't technically observe them directly? 1
Popular Post VeryPC Posted April 7, 2020 Author Popular Post Posted April 7, 2020 Well EduGeekers, that's the competition closed I'm afraid! So if you didn't get chance to enter then we're pretty sure a new competition will be hatching soon for you all... Back to this one though and there can only be one winner. We are eggstatic to announce that the total number of eggs was 191 and although nobody correctly guessed that number, the closest person was... @JordanT91 - with a guess of 189 congratulations!! We've sent you a PM! 7
FishCustard Posted April 7, 2020 Posted April 7, 2020 (edited) Or technically there are only 7 eggs on display, the rest are boxes. Schrodinger would argue that until they are opened they both do and do not contain eggs. No he wouldn't! Schrodinger's Cat is a thought experiment pointing to the absurdity of applying quantum mechanics to macroscopic objects via a misinterpretation of the "state only determined when observed" maxim. People (including highly educated people, including many contemporaries of Schrodinger and Einstein!) seem to think that "observation" in QM implies a conscious observer, as in a human being taking a look in the box. No, "observation" here means a quantum particle interacting with something (e.g. a photon, an electron, pick your particle). In reality, the Schrodinger experiment would end up with the radioactive atom interacting with the Geiger counter or whatever, thereby collapsing to a defined state and (not) killing the poor cat. It's a historic irony that the thought experiment has become "an easy way to explain how weird QM is" when it was actually pointing at "QM isn't that weird, you're just misinterpreting things". EDIT: Unless of course you are arguing that eggs themselves display quantum superposition! Edited April 7, 2020 by FishCustard 2
mikeprice Posted April 7, 2020 Posted April 7, 2020 Or technically there are only 7 eggs on display, the rest are boxes. Schrodinger would argue that until they are opened they both do and do not contain eggs. How about that for some outside the box thinking, haha. Well if you are going to be picky - there are no eggs on display - some are in boxes and some are in the wrapper - until the wrapper is removed so you can see the egg inside it could be empty and held together and in shape by - errrrr - magic or could contain something other than an egg so the number could be zero except that we are now being told it was 191 so presumably no magic was employed to hold the wrappers together 1
DalekSec Posted April 7, 2020 Posted April 7, 2020 Dammit i was so close! I put 190 then changed to 185 1
hardtailstar Posted April 7, 2020 Posted April 7, 2020 Well EduGeekers, that's the competition closed I'm afraid! So if you didn't get chance to enter then we're pretty sure a new competition will be hatching soon for you all... Back to this one though and there can only be one winner. We are eggstatic to announce that the total number of eggs was 191 and although nobody correctly guessed that number, the closest person was... @JordanT91 - with a guess of 189 congratulations!! We've sent you a PM! I want video evidence!! Al counting them one by one! I mean we've not seen him in ages! is he ok? does he miss us? does he still randomly shout 'bring me the box'? Congrats @JordanT91! 1
VeryPC Posted April 7, 2020 Author Posted April 7, 2020 I want video evidence!! Al counting them one by one! I mean we've not seen him in ages! is he ok? does he miss us? does he still randomly shout 'bring me the box'? Congrats @JordanT91! If I could go back into the office to count them for you I would, but unfortunately team Marketing is working remotely due to Government restrictions. So we're not able to film a video! You'll just have to take our word for it 1
smurfomatic Posted April 7, 2020 Posted April 7, 2020 If I could go back into the office to count them for you I would, but unfortunately team Marketing is working remotely due to Government restrictions. So we're not able to film a video! You'll just have to take our word for it We all expect @JordanT91 do record a video like this to prove it... 4
VeryPC Posted April 7, 2020 Author Posted April 7, 2020 We all expect @JordanT91 do record a video like this to prove it... Oh 100%! Although, that said, I haven't heard from @JordanT91 at all. I hope he's not in too much shock...
hardtailstar Posted April 7, 2020 Posted April 7, 2020 If I could go back into the office to count them for you I would, but unfortunately team Marketing is working remotely due to Government restrictions. So we're not able to film a video! You'll just have to take our word for it What about Al??
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