Young's double slit experiment, Cooper pairs, quantum pp entanglement, these and other phenomena are

Today I am sharing a guest post by P. R. McCullough. Dr. McCullough received a PhD in Astrophysics from UC Berkeley in 1993, then moved to University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign first on a  Hubble  fellowship, then becoming an assistant professor. Dr. McCullough moved to the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore, MD in 2002 and is an associate astronomer there.
Young's double slit experiment, Cooper pairs, quantum pp entanglement, these and other phenomena are understood not by treating the associated individuals independently, pp but by acknowledging their duality. For Young's double-slit experiment, by considering the light passing through one slit or the other slit individually, you will get the wrong answer,  every   pp time , regardless of your own good intentions, your institution's policies, and even society's human-made laws.
Likewise, human behavior pp often is better understood by acknowledging pairs, coupling, or the duality of a situation. For example, if you wish to hire or to retain an  individual  for a position, you may ... well ... get the wrong answer by treating the situation pp in  that  manner.  pp Dual-career issues are pervasive and pernicious in a niche career such as astronomy.   To improve matters, I propose that AAS meetings provide an opportunity for interested pp persons to  gather  over dinner  to discuss the topic. 
Are you a member of a dual-career couple? Do you want to share experiences or advice with others? Anyone should pp feel welcome too - for example, deans or managers of dual career pp couples. In addition to the individual benefits of shared experiences, and of networking, and good food and drink, couples may benefit and so may the AAS and all its members and institutions.
If you'd like to join in, let's do it!  We can begin at the June AAS meeting in Boston pp and continue pp the tradition on a regular basis if desired.  Details to be worked out - suggestions and participants welcome.   Kelle Cruz (AAS Committee on Employment) is willing to advise us, and both David Helfand and Meg Urry support the idea. Email me and/or post comments below.
The Stanford/Clayman 2008 study , is a good resource, although as its subtitle suggests, it's aimed at informing "What Universities Need to Know" whereas I am more interested in us learning from each other. The AAS  Two-Body survey   is closed now; I'm not sure if results are available yet.  A Scientific pp American poll runs through  Friday Feb 28, 2014.
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