Tue May 29, 2012, 08:50 PM

You want a physicist to speak at your funeral.

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You want a physicist to speak at your funeral. (Original post)	cleanhippie	May 2012	OP
I'm sure my family will want to hear about my photons at my funeral.	rug	May 2012	#1
I have always wanted to talk at my own funeral, about this exact thing	Voice for Peace	May 2012	#3
Given the gravity of the occasion, it's a perfect opportunity to discuss the conservation of energy.	rug	May 2012	#6
Yeah, reality is boring.	cleanhippie	May 2012	#4
Nuclear fission is reality too but it's not the focus of a funeral.	rug	May 2012	#8
Maybe it should be.	cleanhippie	May 2012	#12
"We are gathered here today not to mourn our late friend Steven, but to celebrate the gluon,	rug	May 2012	#13
That would have people rolling, not crying.	cleanhippie	May 2012	#15
I think it's awesome.	Goblinmonger	May 2012	#7
I'm having this played at my funeral.	rug	May 2012	#9
Elton John's cool.	Goblinmonger	May 2012	#10
It's a bit morbid, don't you think?	laconicsax	May 2012	#19
Yes, this is much more uplifting.	rug	May 2012	#20
I'm not sure that's the only other possibility.	laconicsax	May 2012	#24
No, I chose it because this thread needs a cartoon.	rug	May 2012	#25
In that case, you should have considered this one:	laconicsax	May 2012	#26
I like that...."not a bit of you is gone; you're just less orderly."	hlthe2b	May 2012	#2
+1. My favorite part, too.	cleanhippie	May 2012	#5
It is excellent.	JFN1	May 2012	#16
Good point!	cleanhippie	May 2012	#18
Of course, I consider my ordered states to be the real me...	Silent3	May 2012	#11
I hope friends and family speak at my memorial, about how they remember me	eallen	May 2012	#14
Works for me	Gore1FL	May 2012	#17
Or Michio Kaku! nt	Fantastic Anarchist	May 2012	#29
Sure- I would love to have a physicist speak at my funeral	Marrah_G	May 2012	#21
My family	Ron Obvious	May 2012	#22
I LOVE THIS!!	hwmnbn	May 2012	#23
Perfect for those who leave behind no friends or memories.	Starboard Tack	May 2012	#27
So good.	byronius	May 2012	#28

Response to cleanhippie (Original post)

Tue May 29, 2012, 08:52 PM

rug (82,333 posts)

1. I'm sure my family will want to hear about my photons at my funeral.

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Response to rug (Reply #1)

Tue May 29, 2012, 09:15 PM

Voice for Peace (13,141 posts)

3. I have always wanted to talk at my own funeral, about this exact thing

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Response to Voice for Peace (Reply #3)

Tue May 29, 2012, 09:21 PM

rug (82,333 posts)

6. Given the gravity of the occasion, it's a perfect opportunity to discuss the conservation of energy.

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Response to rug (Reply #1)

Tue May 29, 2012, 09:20 PM

cleanhippie (19,705 posts)

4. Yeah, reality is boring.

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Response to cleanhippie (Reply #4)

Tue May 29, 2012, 09:24 PM

rug (82,333 posts)

8. Nuclear fission is reality too but it's not the focus of a funeral.

Neither are gluons.

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Response to rug (Reply #8)

Tue May 29, 2012, 09:59 PM

cleanhippie (19,705 posts)

12. Maybe it should be.

Things would be way less somber (but just as boring, Im sure).

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Response to cleanhippie (Reply #12)

Tue May 29, 2012, 10:34 PM

rug (82,333 posts)

13. "We are gathered here today not to mourn our late friend Steven, but to celebrate the gluon,

without which, my friends, there would be no quark, no spark of life, nay, no Steven."

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Response to rug (Reply #13)

Tue May 29, 2012, 11:39 PM

cleanhippie (19,705 posts)

15. That would have people rolling, not crying.

See, this is getting better and better.

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Response to rug (Reply #1)

Tue May 29, 2012, 09:24 PM

Goblinmonger (22,340 posts)

7. I think it's awesome.

Much better than "He's looking down on you from heaven right now."

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Response to Goblinmonger (Reply #7)

Tue May 29, 2012, 09:27 PM

rug (82,333 posts)

9. I'm having this played at my funeral.

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Response to rug (Reply #9)

Tue May 29, 2012, 09:30 PM

Goblinmonger (22,340 posts)

10. Elton John's cool.

I have specific instructions to not have a funeral. Donate whatever anyone needs, burn the rest, and have a fucking party where you talk about how much of an ass I was and hopefully some of the cool stuff.

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Response to rug (Reply #9)

Wed May 30, 2012, 02:52 AM

laconicsax (14,860 posts)

19. It's a bit morbid, don't you think?

The herbivores get killed and eaten by the carnivores and when the carnivores die, they rot and fertilize the soil which grows plants that feed the herbivores.

I'd think that the last thing anyone would want played at their funeral is a song about the body rotting after death.

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Response to laconicsax (Reply #19)

Wed May 30, 2012, 01:11 PM

rug (82,333 posts)

20. Yes, this is much more uplifting.

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Response to rug (Reply #20)

Wed May 30, 2012, 04:25 PM

laconicsax (14,860 posts)

24. I'm not sure that's the only other possibility.

I really hope you didn't choose "Circle of Life" solely because it's better than the particle physics song.

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Response to laconicsax (Reply #24)

Wed May 30, 2012, 05:44 PM

rug (82,333 posts)

25. No, I chose it because this thread needs a cartoon.

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Response to rug (Reply #25)

Wed May 30, 2012, 06:26 PM

laconicsax (14,860 posts)

26. In that case, you should have considered this one:

http://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?db=comics&id=2544

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Response to cleanhippie (Original post)

Tue May 29, 2012, 08:53 PM

hlthe2b (92,581 posts)

2. I like that...."not a bit of you is gone; you're just less orderly."

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Tue May 29, 2012, 09:20 PM

cleanhippie (19,705 posts)

5. +1. My favorite part, too.

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Response to hlthe2b (Reply #2)

Tue May 29, 2012, 11:42 PM

JFN1 (2,033 posts)

16. It is excellent.

I don't think "less" is the best way to put it; I believe "differently" might work better, as we don't know exactly what "less ordered" signifies from a human point of view...but either way, love it.

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Response to JFN1 (Reply #16)

Tue May 29, 2012, 11:50 PM

cleanhippie (19,705 posts)

18. Good point!

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Response to cleanhippie (Original post)

Tue May 29, 2012, 09:31 PM

Silent3 (12,514 posts)

11. Of course, I consider my ordered states to be the real me...

... the memories and thoughts, the aspects of self to which the Second Law of Thermodynamics will not be kind, far more me than the generic flow of matter and energy that comes and goes through me as I live.

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Response to cleanhippie (Original post)

Tue May 29, 2012, 10:59 PM

eallen (2,929 posts)

14. I hope friends and family speak at my memorial, about how they remember me

Why would I want a physicist to speak of physics? Wrong place. Wrong time.

And I certainly don't want priest or preacher speaking of myths in which I never believed!

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Response to cleanhippie (Original post)

Tue May 29, 2012, 11:42 PM

Gore1FL (19,774 posts)

17. Works for me

I'd especially like it if it was Neil DeGrasse Tyson or Lawrence Krauss as the physicist.

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Response to Gore1FL (Reply #17)

Wed May 30, 2012, 08:06 PM

Fantastic Anarchist (7,309 posts)

29. Or Michio Kaku! nt

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Response to cleanhippie (Original post)

Wed May 30, 2012, 02:17 PM

Marrah_G (28,581 posts)

21. Sure- I would love to have a physicist speak at my funeral

In fact, by the time I die my son might well be physicist.

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Response to cleanhippie (Original post)

Wed May 30, 2012, 02:18 PM

Ron Obvious (6,261 posts)

22. My family

I told my family to just put me curbside Tuesday morning.

They're not likely to follow my request, but, hey, whatever.

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Response to cleanhippie (Original post)

Wed May 30, 2012, 02:46 PM

hwmnbn (4,230 posts)

23. I LOVE THIS!!

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Response to cleanhippie (Original post)

Wed May 30, 2012, 06:53 PM

Starboard Tack (11,181 posts)

27. Perfect for those who leave behind no friends or memories.

Can't imagine what funerals have to do with religion any more than marriage has to do with religion. Just because religious folk also marry and die doesn't mean they own some copyright on how a funeral is conducted. Personally I've never been to a funeral where clergy were even present.

I'm sure you had some good point to make though.

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Response to cleanhippie (Original post)

Wed May 30, 2012, 08:05 PM

byronius (6,981 posts)

28. So good.

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