So I got out of my bin and went to the pub, and got myself embrolied in a conversation about quantum physics with these two blokes. One was a writer, the other a conductor – of music stupid, not on a bus…

I joined at the point of talking about “proton particles” – as you do -travelling at the speed of light and hurtling towards a planet (or similar obstacle).

And apparently – even though this proton particle chappy I mention might have set off from wherever the fark it came from over a million years ago, it – according to this Bob writer bloke – already knows which way it’s going to travel to get around the object i.e it already knows whether it’s going to hang a left or a right (if you follow? Not sure I do but – anyway – you do the Math – which by the way is possible apparently – though you’ll probably need to take your gloves and socks off for this one, as it’s a right old big head-fuck of a sum).

Any road up the reason for wibbling on about all of this, was that it reminded me of that old hoary chestnut of a Quantum Physics/Philosophical brain teaser:

If you’re travelling, right, in a car, right – nothing too grand or anything – I’m talking about something basic like a Fiat Uno or some such – and you’re travelling at the speed of light (speed cameras and fucked-off police in persuit etc notwithstanding) and then you decide to put the lights on: Would anyone notice?

And then that got me on to thinking about a variation on the other Philosophical brain/head fuck teaser about if a tree was to fall down at dawn in a forest and no-one was around to hear it, would it make a sound?

And the variation on that theme being: If the same tree, right, were to fall down in exactly the same conditions and this time kill a Mime artist: Would anyone care? (I know I certainly wouldn’t)…

Anyway, nice one Bob. Must get pissed more often. Oh yes, and try and smoke something next time too…

Keepin’ it real in an extra large tardis-like Wheeliebin…

Stan Trolley

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