{"id":1938,"date":"2007-11-07T09:41:07","date_gmt":"2007-11-07T09:41:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scienceblogs.com\/principles\/2007\/11\/07\/semidorky-poll-bicycle-or-runn\/"},"modified":"2007-11-07T09:41:07","modified_gmt":"2007-11-07T09:41:07","slug":"semidorky-poll-bicycle-or-runn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chadorzel.com\/principles\/2007\/11\/07\/semidorky-poll-bicycle-or-runn\/","title":{"rendered":"Semi-Dorky Poll: Bicycle or Running?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mark P. comments on particles and waves<\/a>:<\/p>\n

\n

I think it can be argued that a particle is a “thing” while a wave is a “behavior”, so it’s like asking: bicycle or running?<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Yes, and? Why wouldn’t that work as a poll question? Here’s let’s try:<\/p>\n

\n

Bicycle or running? Pick only one, and leave your answer in the comments.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

<\/p>\n

I’d have to say bicycle, because running for its own sake is just annoying. Running in the service of a game of basketball is great, but running just to be running stopped being fun in grade school.<\/p>\n

A bicycle, on the other hand, is shiny, expensive, and cool. I’d rather have a bicycle than be running.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Mark P. comments on particles and waves: I think it can be argued that a particle is a “thing” while a wave is a “behavior”, so it’s like asking: bicycle or running? Yes, and? Why wouldn’t that work as a poll question? Here’s let’s try: Bicycle or running? Pick only one, and leave your answer… Continue reading Semi-Dorky Poll: Bicycle or Running?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"1","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1938","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-silliness","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/chadorzel.com\/principles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1938","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/chadorzel.com\/principles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/chadorzel.com\/principles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/chadorzel.com\/principles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/chadorzel.com\/principles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1938"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/chadorzel.com\/principles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1938\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/chadorzel.com\/principles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1938"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/chadorzel.com\/principles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1938"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/chadorzel.com\/principles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1938"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}