In 1935, a group of scientists led by Einstein published a theory of quantum mechanics known as the Copenhagen Interpretation. In it, they posited the theory that in a quantum equation with various possible outcomes, all the results exist simultaneously in an indefinite state.  And it is not until the results are measured by an observer do they collapse into one definite state.  A contemporary of theirs, Edwin Schrodinger countered their theory with a paradoxical thought experiment.  He imagined a cat placed in a sealed box with one decaying atom and a Geiger counter attached to a diabolical device.  If the decayed atom is read by the Geiger counter, the cat dies.  By the Copenhagen logic, Schrodinger argued, to the observer outside the box, the cat is both dead and alive at the same time.

THIS what I can’t get out of my head this morning.  I can’t watch the Super Bowl preview shows.  I almost had a stroke watching NFL Playbook break down the game.   Jaws and Hogey showed clips from the ’08 Super Bowl and I started having ‘Nam flashbacks.  Friends and family are calling and texting and it takes all my will to reply. I’m Red from Shawshank, I find I’m so excited, I can barely sit still or hold a thought in my head.  I have to think I’m not the only one this stressed out, am I?  I mean, we’ve faced this situation before, but I can’t think the stakes have been this high, ever. Either the Pats lose and an entire nation of Patriots-haters bathe in their blood and elevates Eli Manning to legend status.  Or the Pats win and Brady and Belichick sit alone at the top of the all time football pyramid.  It’s Footballmageddon.  And what’s freaking me out right now is that as we speak, both outcomes exist simultaneously.  The Patriots Dynasty is both alive and dead and it won’t be one or the other until the end of the longest day of my life.  Can we just get through Kelly Clarkson and kick the damned ball off already?  @JerryThornton1