How Many Literalists Can Pointlessly Analyze Nonsense?
Android: How many angles can dance on the head of a pin? Itâs a question that has puzzled theologians for centuries. To find out, our team will consult ancient Italian manuscripts and put Da Vinciâs fabled Angel Vision glasses to the test.
Iacobus: You mean angels?
Iacobus: Anyway, I'm pretty sure the answer is zero or infinity.
Android: Are angels local?
Iacobus: That's basically the question.
Iacobus: At least as far as I'm concerned.
Iacobus: Are they corporeal beings like humans?
Android: Well, we should consult the scriptures.
Android: I recall bits about them having to travel in order to tell the prophet Daniel some important business
Iacobus: I don't need some ancient Jews telling me about physics.
Iacobus: They called God's spaceship a god damn burning bush.
Android: That implies some kind of locality
Android: Isnât a burning bush some kind of STD?
Android: They can appear to humans.
Android: So either they actually physically manifest, or they tweak our visual cortex.
Android: If they physically manifest, then their avatar would have to be local.
Android: But the avatar isnât the angel itself.
Android: So maybe itâs a question about whether angel avatars can intersect.
Android: Or be at any size.
Android: Because if youâre dancing on a pin, you have to be small.
Android: Avatars would have to probably be made of matter.
Android: In order to reflect light.
Iacobus: Or they could just be raw EM radiation.
Android: Just producing photons?
Android: That could work, too
Android: So whatâs the minimum amount of emitted photos that counts as an avatar?
Android: Because that basically fixes the number of angels that can dance on the head of a pin
Android: I guess it would be the minimum number of emitted photons that could signify dancing.
Android: So figure that out, figure the average planck surface area of the head of a pin, and youâve basically solved the dilemma.