Gender Informed by Schrodinger

Someone wrote…

I like to think of my gender the same way Schrödinger thought about the cat in his experiment: Until somebody observes it, it’s neither one nor the other.

What’s your experience?


And what are you thinking about gender right now?


Posted by on September 19th, 2011 at 08:00 am

Category: your voice 9 comments »

9 Responses to “Gender Informed by Schrodinger”

  1. Anonymous

    love it!

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  2. mimi

    this is such a perfect way of putting it <3

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  3. Cameron Joel

    Oh my goodness, I think you are a genius.

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  4. J.D.

    How have I never thought of this? I LOVE it!

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  5. Elle

    Carefull, though, don’t let anyone observe it or it may be dead.

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  6. Anonymous

    The physisist in me wants to cry at how badly everyone misinterprets shrodingers cat, but the queer girl in me says that you’re awesome.

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    Anonymous replied:

    I was afraid I’d misconstrued it but I really couldn’t understand it any better than that… I like physics but I don’t have the mind for it. The linguist in me cries about your spelling of Schrödinger though so we’re even? ;)

    Thank you for the compliment :)

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  7. Anonymous

    How about a modification for the physicist: I am simultaneously male and female until be gendered by an observer collapses me into a single state.

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  8. Anonymous

    Yeah, I really can’t spell <3

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