Schrodinger's Cat

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart once said, ~Neither a lofty degree of intelligence nor imagination nor both together go to the making of genius. Love, love, love, that is the soul of genius.~ Let me ask you this question, do you know the exact equations for figuring out and putting together the so-called perfect formula for love or true love for that matter? I think many would agree, a person would have to be an absolute genius to know the definite components that inevitably make up what is at times a worthwhile and yet albeit confusing social construct involving relationship in regards to matters of the heart. For its truly a tough and frustrating situation indeed to find yourself continually "standing" in front of the proverbial white board of your heart crunching the numbers, so to speak, all-the-while in a considerably paradoxical state of mind.

Without a doubt, part of what makes love such a complex paradigm are the countless number of hypotheses and theories concerning the oftentimes predictable/unpredictable behavioral patterns of one human being's physical, emotional, mental, and/or spiritual attraction towards another. As said before, there are countless number of hypotheses/theories regarding human behavior and love to where the positive outcomes outweighed the negative or vice versa depending on one's own view. Hey, its just a matter of keeping with the research as you make correct and keenly valid observations about the data you've been able to collect in field studies, otherwise known as dating, from past/current personal experiences in which you take into account so many known/unknown variables/anomalies it can lead you to the brink of insanity.

If you think about it, the hypothesis and theories we formulate whether we're single or in potential/significant relationships are all purely speculation of course although there are quite a number of findings to substantiate actual merit. Thinking about it though, women hypothesize certain set parameters concerning said male counterparts of interest, which are so infinitesimal it would be nearly impossible to quantify them to just a short list. A list mind you that is so complicated to understand, the debate over string theory vs. loop quantum gravity would be easier to comprehend if set to the humorous context of the tv show The Big Bang Theory....but I digress. In theory, however, those particular set parameters are not only considered totally illogical and irrational within the male psyche, but are also irrelevant in the overall symbiotic relationship.

For the question can be asked, from what you have hopefully gained from your own personal knowledge in past relationships or even in a current relationship if you were to extrapolate the exact equation for the so-called perfect formula for love/true love what would it consist of? In my own careful case study by way of interviews and personal observation in the field that has lasted approximately 13 years, I've been able to come up with the following components of what I believe to be so tremendous its worthy of the Nobel Peace Prize...just kidding. Essentially, it comes down to commitment, honor, trust, consistency, reliability, generosity, being real/genuine, communication, honesty, caring, compassion, understanding, respect, patience, being considerate, intimacy, loyalty, friendship, faith in God, a willingness to work with you instead of against you, security, etc.

In 1935, Erwin Schrodinger, proposed a principle in quantum theory of superposition in which he place a living cat into a steel chamber, along with a device containing a vial of hydrocyanic acid. There is, in the chamber, a very small amount of a radioactive substance. If even a single atom of the substance decays during the test period, a relay mechanism will trip a hammer, which will, in turn, break the vial and kill the cat. To know if it were alive or not, you would have to merely open the box. In some aspect, that particular experiment is a representation of ourselves as the box, our heart as the cat, and love/true love the "radioactive" variable whereby putting it all together creates an experiment that has been ongoing since the dawn of time. In the end, its by way of Schrodinger's Cat that we shouldn't be afraid to open up in every way and seek to find another loving heart just like ours.