{"id":3104,"date":"2008-11-01T10:05:34","date_gmt":"2008-11-01T10:05:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scienceblogs.com\/principles\/2008\/11\/01\/universes-are-cheaper-in-bulk\/"},"modified":"2008-11-01T10:05:34","modified_gmt":"2008-11-01T10:05:34","slug":"universes-are-cheaper-in-bulk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chadorzel.com\/principles\/2008\/11\/01\/universes-are-cheaper-in-bulk\/","title":{"rendered":"Universes Are Cheaper in Bulk"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.boingboing.net\/2008\/10\/31\/20-kit-produces-tril.html\">Boing Boing<\/a>, a &#8220;conceptual artist&#8221; is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/blogs\/shortsharpscience\/2008\/10\/the-makeyourownuniverse-kit.html\">selling a make-your-own-universe kit<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>According to [a slightly garbled explanation of quantum mechanics], any kind of measurement causes the universe to split and this is the basis of Keats&#8217; new device. His universe creator uses a piece of uranium-doped glass to create a steam of alpha particles, which are then detected using a thin sliver of scintillating crystal. Each detection causes the creation of a new universe.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The kits sell for $20.<\/p>\n<p>For a limited time only, though, I&#8217;ll make you a better offer: if you send me $15, I <strong>won&#8217;t<\/strong> send you an art project based on misapprehensions about quantum mechanics, enabling you to create an effectively infinite number of universes in which you have $5 more than you would if you bought your universes from Jonathon Keats.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s a 25% savings! How can we afford to offer this amazing deal? Volume.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Via Boing Boing, a &#8220;conceptual artist&#8221; is selling a make-your-own-universe kit: According to [a slightly garbled explanation of quantum mechanics], any kind of measurement causes the universe to split and this is the basis of Keats&#8217; new device. His universe creator uses a piece of uranium-doped glass to create a steam of alpha particles, which&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/chadorzel.com\/principles\/2008\/11\/01\/universes-are-cheaper-in-bulk\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Universes Are Cheaper in Bulk<\/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":[7,24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3104","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-physics","category-silliness","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/chadorzel.com\/principles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3104","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=3104"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/chadorzel.com\/principles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3104\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/chadorzel.com\/principles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3104"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/chadorzel.com\/principles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3104"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/chadorzel.com\/principles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3104"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}