We know (or at least are told) that i) the four of them looking at each other in stone form will stay that way forever, so they do count as "observers" in stone form ii) but putting their hands over their own eyes so they can't see each other doesn't lock them into stone forever so presumably the "quantum" effect isn't triggered if one of them looks at itself - via a mirror or not.
When he said "you can't kill a stone", I did wonder what effect smashing them into gravel with a sledgehammer would have when they unfroze. But we could say it's an invulnerable statis field instead.
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Date: 2007-06-09 09:39 pm (UTC)i) the four of them looking at each other in stone form will stay that way forever, so they do count as "observers" in stone form
ii) but putting their hands over their own eyes so they can't see each other doesn't lock them into stone forever
so presumably the "quantum" effect isn't triggered if one of them looks at itself - via a mirror or not.
When he said "you can't kill a stone", I did wonder what effect smashing them into gravel with a sledgehammer would have when they unfroze. But we could say it's an invulnerable statis field instead.
smashing them into gravel
Date: 2007-06-10 12:34 am (UTC)Re: smashing them into gravel
Date: 2007-06-11 10:00 am (UTC)Fantastic phrase - however I am now trying to cut it into the earworm of Bill Bailey's 'Human slaves in an insect nation - ahh ahhh ahh...'