Another working stiff

Good god, I’m going to be rich.

I was perusing one of my favorite blogs this morning, tea in hand, and I saw this post which really got me thinking. Since the blog is called The Thinking Blog, I also assume that that was the point. But somehow I have the feeling that Craig Kohler had a different goal in mind with this post, being as it has to do with science, cosmology and philosophy.

I think he was hoping to awaken a profound cognitive experience by showing some of the scientific thought experiments which have brought quantum  leaps (excuse the pun) to scientific understanding, including, naturally, Einstein and his oh-so-celebrated-brain (I am not being sarcastic, much to the contrary. We all wish we could get our hands on some of his grey matter.) Not being one-sided, Craig also brought forward several examples of thinking experiments in the area of cosmology and philosophy, hoping (I suppose) to induce productive analytical activity in the grey cells of his readers.

Hmmm. As I read I could hear the rusty wheels creaking to life in my head. Hmmmm. I was having a cognitive experience. I was forming an idea - nay, a plan.

I’m going to be rich.

I’m going to take an active role in scientific thought development. I’m going to help make a difference. I’m going to help answer some age-old questions.

I’m going to make the Cat apply for a job as Schrödinger’s Cat.

Don’t look at me like that. It’s not hard. And it’s about time she takes on an active role in the economic well-being of our household. There’s no such thing as a free lunch, you know. We all have to do our part. The damn Cat just has to sit in a steel chamber, or maybe a bowling-ball bag, and do nothing. The only hard part is not eating the very old Kraft macaroni and cheese. But we all have to test the limits of our abilities at one point, don’t we.

I’m going to be rich - as soon as I can catch that damn Cat …

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