Daily Archive for September 8th, 2008

Skatje’s Law

According to wikipedia, Godwin’s Law (or Godwin’s Rule of Nazi Analogies) states, “As a Usenet discussion  grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches one.”

I came upon a new law today on the interwebs coined by Mobysevens:

Skatje’s Law: As a discussion between amateur philosophers grows longer, the probability that quantum mechanics will be mentioned approaches one.

Personally, I prefer the corollary.

If a discussion about quantum physics deals entirely in analogy and interpretation and avoids mathematics or experimentation, it is likely that the participants are amateur philosophers.

Hat tip: Lacrimae Rerum