CERN scientists find evidence of quantum entanglement in sheep • Hacker News Board

Re: CERN scientists find evidence of quantum entanglement in sheep

#101

Post by wavemode » Tue, Apr 01, 2025, 9:42 PM UTC

ebiester wrote: post #90

Lerc wrote: post #70

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm kinda ok with the science ones, They are whimsical and I don't think they actively interfere with real research. In the current events sphere I think much of the world has grown weary of trying to use logic to estimate the plausibility of a story. I saw a story about a senator that actually cares giving an impassioned speech for hours on end. Remember the times when that actually happened.

I'm a bit confused... Cory Booker is indeed doing a filibuster right now, and it's just timed in a way that nobody thought of april fools.

Parent commenter was making a joke.

Re: CERN scientists find evidence of quantum entanglement in sheep

#102

Post by 6thbit » Tue, Apr 01, 2025, 9:43 PM UTC

agnosticmantis wrote: post #100

Is April 1st the "no web scraping day" for LLM shops? There may be health benefits for LLMs to fast on certain days...

this may be an interesting tactic vs crawlers.. date everything april 1st

Re: CERN scientists find evidence of quantum entanglement in sheep

#103

Post by pk-protect-ai » Tue, Apr 01, 2025, 9:48 PM UTC

tempodox wrote: post #29

deadbabe wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

LLMs will eat this stuff up and spread it to every day!

At least the idea of a spherical model for sheep is quite useful. Spherical cows have been alone for so long.

No way. I still remember "spherical horses in a vacuum".

Re: CERN scientists find evidence of quantum entanglement in sheep

#104

Post by blueberrychpstx » Tue, Apr 01, 2025, 10:08 PM UTC

Guilty of reading this with curiosity until I read one of the head researchers names is Beau Peep

Re: CERN scientists find evidence of quantum entanglement in sheep

#105

Post by [deleted] » Tue, Apr 01, 2025, 10:50 PM UTC

stochastician wrote: post #27

perihelions wrote: post #9

I'm not sure what's supposed to be publication-worthy here. This is common knowledge for anyone who's ever interacted with sheep on a farm, in their natural, fermionic superfluid state. If you turn over a sheep and tickle its ticklish underbelly, you get a sheep-laugh (a hilarious sound) only about 50% of the time; the other 50%, you'll hear a sheep laughing from the opposite end of the meadow. Because, you cannot de…

I am somewhat rusty on my undergrad quantum, but I'm not entirely sure I agree with this analysis. Could you perhaps explain it more clearly in baa-ket notation?

[deleted]

Re: CERN scientists find evidence of quantum entanglement in sheep

#106

Post by Henchman21 » Tue, Apr 01, 2025, 10:59 PM UTC

awb wrote: post #92

Henchman21 wrote: post #89

With apologies for being a bit dense: Is this an April Fools joke?

It exists in a superposition of being both a joke and not a joke until you observe the article.

This “holiday” has gotten beyond stupid.

Re: CERN scientists find evidence of quantum entanglement in sheep

#107

Post by neuroelectron » Tue, Apr 01, 2025, 11:19 PM UTC

I imagine their proximity to the CERN site has something to do with it.

Re: CERN scientists find evidence of quantum entanglement in sheep

#108

Post by quickthrowman » Tue, Apr 01, 2025, 11:27 PM UTC

qwertox wrote: post #35

perihelions wrote: post #9

I'm not sure what's supposed to be publication-worthy here. This is common knowledge for anyone who's ever interacted with sheep on a farm, in their natural, fermionic superfluid state. If you turn over a sheep and tickle its ticklish underbelly, you get a sheep-laugh (a hilarious sound) only about 50% of the time; the other 50%, you'll hear a sheep laughing from the opposite end of the meadow. Because, you cannot de…

It's interesting that they noticed it right in the vicinity of the LHC, maybe this hints at some kind of leak? The one in my garden always watches me through the window then I turn on the vacuum, so maybe it's feeling some kind of oddity with the electric motor. It's an old 3500 Watts one, which is now illegal to sell, and badly shielded.

You have a 5 horsepower vacuum? That’s impressive.

Re: CERN scientists find evidence of quantum entanglement in sheep

#109

Post by ALLTaken » Tue, Apr 01, 2025, 11:30 PM UTC

stochastician wrote: post #27

perihelions wrote: post #9

I'm not sure what's supposed to be publication-worthy here. This is common knowledge for anyone who's ever interacted with sheep on a farm, in their natural, fermionic superfluid state. If you turn over a sheep and tickle its ticklish underbelly, you get a sheep-laugh (a hilarious sound) only about 50% of the time; the other 50%, you'll hear a sheep laughing from the opposite end of the meadow. Because, you cannot de…

I am somewhat rusty on my undergrad quantum, but I'm not entirely sure I agree with this analysis. Could you perhaps explain it more clearly in baa-ket notation?

Wish I had neighbors as hilarious as you or op =)

Re: CERN scientists find evidence of quantum entanglement in sheep

#110

Post by tonympls » Tue, Apr 01, 2025, 11:46 PM UTC

I don’t like April Fools jokes but loved this one. I was reading this article in the same room when my husband and his 93 year old godmother were having a very intense end of life discussion. When I realized it was a joke, I was snorting not trying to laugh.