{"id":3032,"date":"2009-11-09T07:33:00","date_gmt":"2009-11-09T07:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2009\/11\/blog-post-on-flashforward-leads-to-cutting-edge-scientific-research\/"},"modified":"2009-11-09T07:33:00","modified_gmt":"2009-11-09T07:33:00","slug":"blog-post-on-flashforward-leads-to-cutting-edge-scientific-research","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2009\/11\/blog-post-on-flashforward-leads-to-cutting-edge-scientific-research.html","title":{"rendered":"Blog Post On FlashForward Leads To Cutting-Edge Scientific Research"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p>Not long ago I <a href=\"http:\/\/exploringourmatrix.blogspot.com\/2009\/11\/schroedingers-sardine.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">posted<\/a> on the inclusion of a variation on the Schroedinger\u2019s cat thought experiment in the last episode of Flash Forward, and some of the problems with the way they explained it.<\/p>\n<p>My good friend <a href=\"http:\/\/strikingthoughts.wordpress.com\/2009\/11\/09\/schroedingers-sardine\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Bob Patterson responded to the show\u2019s lack of scientific rigor by undertaking his own experiment on Schroedinger\u2019s sardine<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>You can <a href=\"http:\/\/strikingthoughts.wordpress.com\/2009\/11\/09\/schroedingers-sardine\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">read about it on his blog<\/a>. Do go take a look. It even includes a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bCIMtWtUVOs&amp;feature=player_embedded\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">video<\/a> of the experiment as it unfolded! Don\u2019t miss this chance to be in the front row for this cutting-edge research into the accuracy of science references on popular television shows, not to mention the behavior of cats.<\/p>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/tracker\/7622297540113836091-3802470618794957748?l=exploringourmatrix.blogspot.com\" alt=\"\"><\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Not long ago I posted on the inclusion of a variation on the Schroedinger\u2019s cat thought experiment in the last episode of Flash Forward, and some of the problems with the way they explained it. 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