Some interpretations of quantum physics suggest that there are a myriad of parallel universes to our own. In traditional quantum physics experiments such as Schrödinger's Cat, the state of the cat in the box with the particle-activated poison is indeterminant until observed, at which point the wave function collapses into one state or another. The parallel universe approach says that the wave function doesn't collapse, but decoheres or divides, thereby creating one universe in which the cat is alive, and one in which the cat is dead. Since this approach would apply to every event from the subatomic level up to my choice of beer, infinity would hardly seem large enough to contain all of the alternate universes.
However, in the empirically experienced universe where I decided to photograph this sign, it turned out that I wasn't the Guinness drinking version. Either way (literally), if you ask me this is pretty intellectual stuff for a pub sign - at least in this universe.
- Sid
Pure genius!
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