Physics and Felines

[jducoeur]

Experiment: feline subject J (Jedi) is in the great room at the far end of the house. Human (me) opens window W in the bedroom because it is a nice day. Measure time required for J to reach W to look out it and sniff. Time appears to be zero. Conclusion: felines can violate relativity and achieve faster-than-light speeds when sufficiently motivated.

(Yes, yes, there are other possible explanations. Jedi might be clairvoyant, for example, knowing that I am *going* to open the window, and thus has set out for the bedroom before I began opening it. Or he might be employing some form of quantum tunneling. Either way, though, it's a fine topic for future research...)

Comments

[rufinia.livejournal.com]

I seem to recall, when reading the literature on this subject, that the sticky variable is going to be "sufficient motivation." What motivated him today may not be what motivates him tomorrow, and what motivates Jedi may or may not be what motivates Jezibel. I am looking at my parents feline subject, and she appears to have no motivation to do anything at all whatsoever right now.

However, if you can design an experiment that attempts to measure the sufficient motivation variable, I bet you can get funding.