{"id":79,"date":"2007-10-10T06:26:08","date_gmt":"2007-10-10T14:26:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stevenrbrandt.com\/wordpress\/?p=79"},"modified":"2010-09-04T05:25:16","modified_gmt":"2010-09-04T13:25:16","slug":"quantum-locked-kids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stevenrbrandt.com\/?p=79","title":{"rendered":"Quantum Locked Kids"},"content":{"rendered":"<table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=2>\n<tr>\n<td>Our whole family really enjoyed the Dr. Who episode &#8220;Blink,&#8221; especially my son. He now spends his time drawing Tardises and asking questions about time travel and angels.<\/p>\n<p>One of the key ideas of the episode was a defense mechanism of the aliens: they are &#8220;quantum locked.&#8221; This means that if you observe them they turn to stone, and as The Doctor says, &#8220;you can&#8217;t kill a stone.&#8221; The analogy, of course, is to quantum mechanics where observation always has the effect of changing the system.<\/p>\n<p>My discovery, however, is that &#8220;quantum locked&#8221; creatures are not really a science fiction concept at all. Children are quantum locked. I tell my son to put on his pajamas and he will only make progress <em>while I am looking at him.<\/em> As soon as I look away, or blink, he freezes. Kids are slow, slower than you can imagine, so if you tell them to do something don&#8217;t leave the room, don&#8217;t turn away, and don&#8217;t blink.\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<object width=\"425\" height=\"350\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/_89gI2F6zUA\"><\/param><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\"><\/param><\/object><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-79\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon\" href=\"https:\/\/stevenrbrandt.com\/?p=79&amp;share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\" ><span>Twitter<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-79\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon\" href=\"https:\/\/stevenrbrandt.com\/?p=79&amp;share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\" ><span>Facebook<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our whole family really enjoyed the Dr. Who episode &#8220;Blink,&#8221; especially my son. 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