Talk:2088: Schwarzschild's Cat - Revision history

42.book.addict at 16:48, 19 September 2025

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Dúthomhas at 16:40, 19 September 2025

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Dúthomhas at 16:40, 19 September 2025

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Redacted II at 17:51, 28 November 2024

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C.Robin: Added very serious speculation.

2020-09-27T01:05:12Z

Added very serious speculation.

173.245.48.183: Interpretation of Schwartzchild's Cat and the critical limit

2019-07-07T18:27:33Z

Interpretation of Schwartzchild's Cat and the critical limit

DurtyWilly: Tiny kitty

2019-01-03T11:56:40Z

Tiny kitty

HackneyedTrope: Added a comment to preserve the text of the 'edit' banner.

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172.69.6.94 at 04:18, 24 December 2018

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172.69.6.94 at 04:18, 24 December 2018

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 I think the biggest question is, what is that arrow on the left is pointing at? [[Special:Contributions/162.158.146.82|162.158.146.82]] 22:46, 21 December 2018 (UTC)
-:It is a common notation to have a gap or distance indicated by pairing two arrows. When the gap is small, the arrows go outside the reference lines and point inward. While it would be more correct to have the single arrow on the right pointing to the dotted line as the referenced critical ''limit'', Randall has simply marked the entire range as the limit. [[User:Dúthomhas|Dúthomhas]] ([[User talk:Dúthomhas|talk]])
+:It is a common notation to have a gap or distance indicated by pairing two arrows. When the gap is small, the arrows go outside the reference lines and point inward. While it would be more correct to have the single arrow on the right pointing to the dotted line as the referenced critical ''limit'', Randall has simply marked the entire range as the limit. [[User:Dúthomhas|Dúthomhas]] ([[User talk:Dúthomhas|talk]]) 16:40, 19 September 2025 (UTC)
 This is likely a cross between the Schwarzschild Radius and Schrodinger's cat. Below the Schwarzschild Radius, you can't tell how cute the cat is because you can't see it, just like you can't tell if the cat is alive or dead in the box. [[User:Ianrbibtitlht|Ianrbibtitlht]] ([[User talk:Ianrbibtitlht|talk]]) 16:08, 21 December 2018 (UTC)

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 I think the biggest question is, what is that arrow on the left is pointing at? [[Special:Contributions/162.158.146.82|162.158.146.82]] 22:46, 21 December 2018 (UTC)
-:It is a common notation to have a gap or distance indicated by pairing two arrows. When the gap is small, the arrows go outside the reference lines and point inward. While it would be more correct to have the single arrow on the right pointing to the dotted line as the referenced critical ''limit'', Randall has simply marked the entire range as the limit.
+:It is a common notation to have a gap or distance indicated by pairing two arrows. When the gap is small, the arrows go outside the reference lines and point inward. While it would be more correct to have the single arrow on the right pointing to the dotted line as the referenced critical ''limit'', Randall has simply marked the entire range as the limit. [[User:Dúthomhas|Dúthomhas]] ([[User talk:Dúthomhas|talk]])
 This is likely a cross between the Schwarzschild Radius and Schrodinger's cat. Below the Schwarzschild Radius, you can't tell how cute the cat is because you can't see it, just like you can't tell if the cat is alive or dead in the box. [[User:Ianrbibtitlht|Ianrbibtitlht]] ([[User talk:Ianrbibtitlht|talk]]) 16:08, 21 December 2018 (UTC)

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	I think the biggest question is, what is that arrow on the left is pointing at? [[Special:Contributions/162.158.146.82\|162.158.146.82]] 22:46, 21 December 2018 (UTC)		I think the biggest question is, what is that arrow on the left is pointing at? [[Special:Contributions/162.158.146.82\|162.158.146.82]] 22:46, 21 December 2018 (UTC)
		+	:It is a common notation to have a gap or distance indicated by pairing two arrows. When the gap is small, the arrows go outside the reference lines and point inward. While it would be more correct to have the single arrow on the right pointing to the dotted line as the referenced critical ''limit'', Randall has simply marked the entire range as the limit.

	This is likely a cross between the Schwarzschild Radius and Schrodinger's cat. Below the Schwarzschild Radius, you can't tell how cute the cat is because you can't see it, just like you can't tell if the cat is alive or dead in the box. [[User:Ianrbibtitlht\|Ianrbibtitlht]] ([[User talk:Ianrbibtitlht\|talk]]) 16:08, 21 December 2018 (UTC)		This is likely a cross between the Schwarzschild Radius and Schrodinger's cat. Below the Schwarzschild Radius, you can't tell how cute the cat is because you can't see it, just like you can't tell if the cat is alive or dead in the box. [[User:Ianrbibtitlht\|Ianrbibtitlht]] ([[User talk:Ianrbibtitlht\|talk]]) 16:08, 21 December 2018 (UTC)

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	An alternate theory is that the critical limit marks the point where the small cat has become so cute that it cannot be seen, because a larger, grumpier cat has mailed it to Abu Dhabi. -- [[User:C.Robin\|C.Robin]] ([[User talk:C.Robin\|talk]]) 01:05, 27 September 2020 (UTC)		An alternate theory is that the critical limit marks the point where the small cat has become so cute that it cannot be seen, because a larger, grumpier cat has mailed it to Abu Dhabi. -- [[User:C.Robin\|C.Robin]] ([[User talk:C.Robin\|talk]]) 01:05, 27 September 2020 (UTC)
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		+	It must be said that very large cats can also be extremely cute.
		+	So really the graph has two areas in which it reaches infinity. But does this mean that tigers are now invisible, as they are past the second cute point? [[User:Redacted II\|Redacted II]] ([[User talk:Redacted II\|talk]]) 17:51, 28 November 2024 (UTC)

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	'''Schwartzchild's Cat''' is local maximum of smallness x cuteness.		'''Schwartzchild's Cat''' is local maximum of smallness x cuteness.
	I think the Schwartzchild's Cat is the smallest (and therefore, cutest) a cat can be before making it smaller saddens the human because it's now too small.		I think the Schwartzchild's Cat is the smallest (and therefore, cutest) a cat can be before making it smaller saddens the human because it's now too small.
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		+	An alternate theory is that the critical limit marks the point where the small cat has become so cute that it cannot be seen, because a larger, grumpier cat has mailed it to Abu Dhabi. -- [[User:C.Robin\|C.Robin]] ([[User talk:C.Robin\|talk]]) 01:05, 27 September 2020 (UTC)

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	'''Slightly Disappointing''' that no one posted a picture of a tiny kitty (one that could be on the leading edge of that critical limit). [[http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-tfftxPGMQJ4/T57B2peZwNI/AAAAAAAAKYI/m0cpFhyuiKc/s1600/Funny+Smallest+Animal_2.jpg]]. [[User:DurtyWilly\|DurtyWilly]] ([[User talk:DurtyWilly\|talk]]) 11:56, 3 January 2019 (UTC)		'''Slightly Disappointing''' that no one posted a picture of a tiny kitty (one that could be on the leading edge of that critical limit). [[http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-tfftxPGMQJ4/T57B2peZwNI/AAAAAAAAKYI/m0cpFhyuiKc/s1600/Funny+Smallest+Animal_2.jpg]]. [[User:DurtyWilly\|DurtyWilly]] ([[User talk:DurtyWilly\|talk]]) 11:56, 3 January 2019 (UTC)
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		+	'''Schwartzchild's Cat''' is local maximum of smallness x cuteness.
		+	I think the Schwartzchild's Cat is the smallest (and therefore, cutest) a cat can be before making it smaller saddens the human because it's now too small.

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	'''Another Tangent'''		'''Another Tangent'''
	This isn't technically for the comic itself, but the Incomplete banner on this page was so funny that I just HAD to preserve it "This explanation may be incomplete or incorrect: Created by a SMALL CAT WITH NO CONCEPT OF FIELD EQUATIONS. Could use more information on the relevant theoretical physics. Do NOT delete this tag too soon. If you can address this issue, please edit the page! Thanks. " [[User:HackneyedTrope\|HackneyedTrope]] ([[User talk:HackneyedTrope\|talk]]) 08:21, 30 December 2018 (UTC)		This isn't technically for the comic itself, but the Incomplete banner on this page was so funny that I just HAD to preserve it "This explanation may be incomplete or incorrect: Created by a SMALL CAT WITH NO CONCEPT OF FIELD EQUATIONS. Could use more information on the relevant theoretical physics. Do NOT delete this tag too soon. If you can address this issue, please edit the page! Thanks. " [[User:HackneyedTrope\|HackneyedTrope]] ([[User talk:HackneyedTrope\|talk]]) 08:21, 30 December 2018 (UTC)
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		+	'''Slightly Disappointing''' that no one posted a picture of a tiny kitty (one that could be on the leading edge of that critical limit). [[http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-tfftxPGMQJ4/T57B2peZwNI/AAAAAAAAKYI/m0cpFhyuiKc/s1600/Funny+Smallest+Animal_2.jpg]]. [[User:DurtyWilly\|DurtyWilly]] ([[User talk:DurtyWilly\|talk]]) 11:56, 3 January 2019 (UTC)

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 No offence Elvenivle, but I don't think this has anything to do with the Cheshire Cat. I vote we change it. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.245.244|108.162.245.244]] 23:35, 21 December 2018 (UTC)
 :I vote against. Wonderland has everything to do with quantum physics. -- [[User:Hkmaly|Hkmaly]] ([[User talk:Hkmaly|talk]]) 01:20, 22 December 2018 (UTC)
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 I don't think that has anything to do with Schrödinger. Simply, the cat gets smaller until it's smaller than its Schwarzschild radius and it becomes a black hole, and so its size is determined by its Schwarzschild radius.
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	I don't think that has anything to do with Schrödinger. Simply, the cat gets smaller until it's smaller than its Schwarzschild radius and it becomes a black hole, and so its size is determined by its Schwarzschild radius.		I don't think that has anything to do with Schrödinger. Simply, the cat gets smaller until it's smaller than its Schwarzschild radius and it becomes a black hole, and so its size is determined by its Schwarzschild radius.
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	I googled something like "how do black holes form if time stops at the event horizon" and found the variety of expert-sounding answers to be quite engaging, [https://www.quora.com/If-time-stops-at-the-event-horizon-of-a-black-hole-does-it-mean-that-matter-from-the-accretion-disk-never-really-cross-the-event-horizon-If-so-how-do-black-holes-grow-in-size for example]. The simplest explanation to me seems to be that the matter mostly just stays on the surface forever, from our perspective, but the top-rated answer from that link is that space-time curves so much that the matter is no longer traveling through space and instead is falling through time itself! A statement like that sounds really cool and likely true, but could use a reason backing it up. [[Special:Contributions/172.69.62.232\|172.69.62.232]] 21:58, 22 December 2018 (UTC)		I googled something like "how do black holes form if time stops at the event horizon" and found the variety of expert-sounding answers to be quite engaging, [https://www.quora.com/If-time-stops-at-the-event-horizon-of-a-black-hole-does-it-mean-that-matter-from-the-accretion-disk-never-really-cross-the-event-horizon-If-so-how-do-black-holes-grow-in-size for example]. The simplest explanation to me seems to be that the matter mostly just stays on the surface forever, from our perspective, but the top-rated answer from that link is that space-time curves so much that the matter is no longer traveling through space and instead is falling through time itself! A statement like that sounds really cool and likely true, but could use a reason backing it up. [[Special:Contributions/172.69.62.232\|172.69.62.232]] 21:58, 22 December 2018 (UTC)

−	I don't think that has anything to do with Schrödinger. Simply, the cat gets smaller until it's smaller than ~~it's~~ Schwarzschild radius and it becomes a black hole, and so its size is determined by its Schwarzschild radius.	+	I don't think that has anything to do with Schrödinger. Simply, the cat gets smaller until it's smaller than its Schwarzschild radius and it becomes a black hole, and so its size is determined by its Schwarzschild radius.