Up or Down?

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What do you see?




I think he's coming down.

Well, looks that way to me anyway?

What does it look like to you?


Terra
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  • One of my FB Friends, say to me that is going down, i also believe that he is going down
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    • The cat is going down. It's obvious because you can tell that the blood is pooling in it's head, meaning the head is lower than the body. Also, the stride of the cat indicates that it is not fighting gravity, as much as when it would be going up the stairs.

      The angle of the head indicated that the cat is looking at something above the end of the stairs, showing that someone is at the bottom of the stairs. And the angle that the photo was taken, indicated that the photographer was standing at the bottom of the stairs, or, at the top of the stairs...while standing on his head.

      There are several dust particles that are falling, in the photo. They are falling downward. To do that, the foreground has to be lower than the background.

      The cat's tail is curved, caused by a bouncing gate...that would be accentuated if the cat is going down the stairs, not up.

      The muscles in the cat's front legs, are tensed. They are tensing, as the cat lands on descending steps, slowing it's descent.

      Therefore, the cat is descending the stairs.


      I'm joking.



      But the stairs have a slightly protruding ridge, that is indicating that the stairs are descending. Unless the cat is running backwards....traveling backwards through time....as part of a Quantum Physics experiment.
  • Ha. You're not fooling anyone with your deceptively innocent "up or down" question. Clearly this is a cunningly disguised thought experiment to illustrate the many-worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics in which all motions of the cat are decoherent from each other, and in which the only possible answers are "both" or "neither".

    But nice try, anyway.

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    • Dang, I'm smart!

      But not as smart as you though.


      Terra
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    • This is what happens when I wait on customers in the middle of a post.....Someone clever says something that makes my post look like I'm repeating what they said. Darn you Frank!
  • I think it's white and gold.
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    • I did too but they insisted it was blue and black.


      Terra
  • I think he is going up. Well. now it does look like he is going down.

    Wait looks like up.

    But uhmmmm. now he is going down.

    I swear he is going up...but

    you know what he is going down.

    Yep he is definitely going do...

    Hold on that looks like a floor at the bottom so he is going up.

    Okay just got back from the bathroom, and yes, yes that is a ceiling at the top
    so he is going down.

    Right ! Definitely going down

    I think
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    • Apparently we all need something a bit easier.

      Okay, which kitty is going up and which kitty is going down?




      But then again...

      Shouldn't the kitty on the left be inhaling and the kitty on the right exhaling?


      Terra
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  • Those stairs are a death trap if the cat is going up. People would constantly trip on the lips of the steps and plummet to their untimely deaths.


    Wait. Can we get a picture of Claude on these stairs? Maybe we'll get lucky....
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    • Just put both Riffle and I on the steps..with no witnesses...and I'll prove the steps go down...and that the floor is concrete.

      Untimely death? For you? No such thing.
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    • Yep!

      Poor Kitty!



  • The cat is coming down the stairs -- unless those are weird steps with raised ridges at the edge of the steps. Since that would be a tripping hazard, it makes a great deal more sense that the cat is coming down the steps.

    Whoever made time image may have wanted it to be one of those "half-full, half-empty" interpretations to point out what kind of person you tend to be. If so, it's a fail because the steps are a giveaway to which way the cat is going.

    There's another clue as well, unless our cat is different from that one. Does anyone else see it?
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  • Here is the answer

    The cat is going down the stairs - Business Insider
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    • Boom! BI with the mic drop.
    • I said it first! I said it first!
      And that isn't as important as...I said it before Riffle.

      Move faster, my furry little friend.


      Yes, celebrate your correct answer....after Claude said it.

      You win the Silver Medal of "Who posted a correct answer on a meaningless joke thread."

      But, I win the Gold.
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  • Up. Look at the floor at the bottom, the angle of the wall - and the depth of the steps. It's the runner on the step edge that makes it look like he's going down - the depth vs. height of the step shows that to be an illusion, though. Those would be some narrow, short steps if the cat were descending.
  • The pic is extremely misleading. The run of the cat going down from behind gives a whole different dimensional effect to the stairs. Anyway - I wish someone would have taken a clearer pic of the top of those stairs - WTF is that all about? Is that wall or ceiling or what?
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    • That's kind of the point, Sal. Otherwise, it'd just be a picture of a cat on stairs.
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  • Awesome, we all win a false gift

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  • I think he's going up. You can see the landing at the top of the staircase (or what looks like a landing).
  • Pfftt! It's a trick. The cat is standing still, it's the stairs that're moving.
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  • There appear to be lips on the stairs. If so, this must be a picture of the cat going DOWN the stairs. There are other cues also, but this is a clear one that I think people understand. The idea is that stairs sit on top of a platform that is SUPPOSED to have a riser in front. I heard in the 70s that that was MANDATED by the US, but maybe it was local or something. Failing to have a riser can cause accidents and increase the chances for injury. Anyway, they often extend out a bit from the riser, giving the lip I spoke about. You can see it here, indicating that the photo was taken from BELOW the lips, in front of the cat.

    Steve
  • I say up. I'm probably wrong, but I've got a 50/50 chance, right? Lol
  • Up, down... my dog would think he is just as delicious either way.
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  • As a carpenter who has built many stairs, I knew which way the cat was going the moment I saw the pic.
  • I think some guy named Schrödinger ( he played Piano for the Peanut gang I think) said the cat is going both up AND down the stairs.
    Jack
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  • Be careful Claude...

    Once you break through the basics, high level soduku strategy is truly addictive.
  • Now, which way is the cat going, maaaaagggghhhh!




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    • Still down - cat's don't go up the stairs one foot at a time, they only come down that way.
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  • Why is everyone calling it "he"? Is it a he or a she?

    Also I think it is going up the stairs backwards.
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    • The cat's gender has no relevance here, but for the sake of clarity and balance we should henceforth refer to it as just "The Pussy"
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