{"id":2313,"date":"2002-12-04T16:13:02","date_gmt":"2002-12-04T23:13:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/defectiveyeti.com\/?p=2313"},"modified":"2002-12-04T16:13:02","modified_gmt":"2002-12-04T23:13:02","slug":"science-groove","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/defectiveyeti.com\/wordpress\/2002\/12\/04\/science-groove\/","title":{"rendered":"Science Groove"},"content":{"rendered":"
A few weeks ago I went to see my coworker’s band Science Groove<\/a>. Founder Do Peterson had a background in music, so decided to put his PhD Dissertation in verse and take his show on the road. As the topic of his studies (and music) is the distribution theory for the sibling recurrence risk ratio, this makes for an interesting and remarkably erudite show.<\/p>\n
Science Groove<\/i> is just one of a number of bands<\/a> who, following in the footsteps of Schoolhouse Rock<\/a>, blend music and education into a seamless web of, um, edumusication, or something.<\/p>\n
(Jeezum crow, lookit all these links. What is this, MemePool? I mean: “MemePool<\/a>?”)<\/p>\n
The concert was great fun. Everyone who wore a lab coat got in free, and the opening act sang a bunch of original and parody songs about muscle development (such as a tune entitled “Microfibrils” sung to the music of “My Sharona”). And Science Groove<\/i> proved themselves to be more than just a gimmick — the songs were well written and rockin’. Listen to the first two tracks, Performance<\/a> and Title Slide<\/a> (both mp3 links), or check out the entire show here<\/a>.<\/p>\n
I was so inspired by the concert that I went home that evening and wrote this.<\/p>\n
\n
Dead and Alive<\/b><\/p>\n
(Primer on Schrodinger’s Cat<\/a>)<\/p>\n
(Primer on Bon Jovi’s Dead or Alive<\/a>)<\/p>\n
Erwin Schrodinger
\nIn 1926
\nPublished several papers
\nOn wave mechanics<\/p>\n

The theories he proposed
\nTurned science on its head
\nWhen asked about his findings
\nThis is what he said:<\/p>\n

There’s a chamber
\nWith a kitty inside
\nAnd the cat’s both
\nDead and alive<\/p>\n

In the subatomic world
\nThe particles you’ll find
\nCan be in many states
\nAll at a single time<\/p>\n

It doesn’t make much sense
\nTo folks like you and me
\nAnd that’s why Schrodinger
\nUsed this analogy:<\/p>\n

There’s a chamber
\nWith a kitty inside
\nAnd the cat’s both
\nDead and alive<\/p>\n

Lock a kitten in a box
\nWith a vial of cyanide
\nUntil you let it out again
\nYou don’t know if it survived.<\/p>\n

Now at a quantum level
\nThe cat’s completely free from harm
\nAt exactly the same time
\nIt’s already bought the farm.<\/p>\n

There’s a chamber
\nWith a kitty inside
\nAnd the cat’s both
\nDead and alive
\nThere’s a chamber
\nWith a kitty inside
\nAnd Schrodinger’s cat
\nIs dead and alive<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

According to the Science Groove calendar page<\/a>, their next concert is on February 22nd in Seattle.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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