No! You changed the outcome by measuring it!
Jolly Old Saint Schrödinger
Submitted 11 months ago by FlyingSquid@lemmy.world to [deleted]
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Pharmacokinetics@lemmy.world 11 months ago
RIP_Cheems@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Wrong, Google maps can track him and I’ve heard him in the middle on the night.
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I’ve heard him in the middle on the night.
Are you sure that isn’t just a peeping tom?
RIP_Cheems@lemmy.world 11 months ago
No, if it was, he would have been shot ok sight by my mom. I was really young when it happened.
dukethorion@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Breaking and entering is okay on Christmas if you use the chimney?
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Someone’s getting coal this year.
Perfide@reddthat.com 11 months ago
Entering, maybe, but breaking? What are they breaking?
Crow@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I like the idea of the time zone Santa being in is like an electron probability cloud.
psud@aussie.zone 11 months ago
I subscribe to the multi Santa theory
Curiousfur@yiffit.net 11 months ago
So can someone who understands quantum theory higher level than a simple idiot like myself confirm if this actually holds to real quantum physics, or is it just words?
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 11 months ago
As an expert scientician with a degree in science, I can tell you in my educated opinion that Santa’s Quantum Superposition Theory is the best explanation for how I got a Zartan action figure in 1985 without ever telling my mom and dad I wanted one.
veroxii@aussie.zone 11 months ago
It also explains how everyone gets exactly what they asked Santa for. Before the present is opened it contains all possible presents and once you open it, it collapses to what you expected.
Naz@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
Wave function collapse is a totally real thing, yeah.
Most quantum stuff doesn’t apply to our every day, macro lives.
Except seeing Santa. If you see him, run.
Don’t stop running.
He’s faster than a deer, and you need a head start. ;)
ThatWeirdGuy1001@lemmy.world 11 months ago
🎶Santa Claus is gunning you down🎶
ingeanus@ttrpg.network 11 months ago
To a degree, yes. As was mentioned elsewhere there is a thin called Wave Function Collapse, which occurs when a measurement is taken of a quantum system and forces the system into a state. A measurement could be seeing it, scanning it, bumping into it, etc (not human conscious observation, that’s an old and weird interpretation and not relevant nowadays).
Before (and after as well) you actually collapse the wave function you can perform meaningful math using the quantum particles. The one way I’m familiar with is for computer calculations, which is what quantum computers are aiming for. This is basically done by canceling out certain possibilities to only allow the wave function to collapse into ways that give meaningful mathematic results.
As such, this is barely relatable to a quantum Santa which uses this nature to perform meaningful present sharing actions simultaneously using quantum superposition of a quantum system that is spread out over a very large area. Of course, basic quantum mechanics becomes statistically the same as normal physics (i.e. 10 quadrillion particles average out to one normal human), so Santa would need to be a reality bender to allow for such small chances to occur to allow a human sized being to affect a huge area… but whatever.
merc@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
Yes, but no.
A quantum Santa could deliver presents to every house simultaneously if nothing observed his passage. On the other hand, at some point the wave function will collapse, like say when people check what presents are under the tree. When the wave function collapses, the probabilities all go away and there’s a single answer, so he could deliver presents to one and only one house.
Zoomboingding@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Correction: only MY house gets presents if I see Santa. THEY’RE ALL MINE
feedum_sneedson@lemmy.world 11 months ago
It’s your parent(s)/primary caregiver(s). It’s expensive and a little gratitude wouldn’t hurt.
Nepenthe@kbin.social 11 months ago
It is santa. You think my own parents would just lie to me for over 30 years!? To hand the credit to someone imaginary? Doesn't make a shred of sense.
feedum_sneedson@lemmy.world 11 months ago
No thoughts, only Christmas xxx
merc@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
Emerald@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Image Transcription: Mastodon Post
Santa is a quantum being. His probabilistic nature means he can be in every house at the same time on Christmas.
This is why it’s vitally important noone sees him. If he’s observed the probabilites collapse and only one house gets presents.
#Christmas
Mr_Fish@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Also explains how such a big guy can climb down nonexistent chimneys. He uses quantum tunneling to get into all the houses.
Honytawk@lemmy.zip 11 months ago
In at least one of the universes the house will have a chimney
Aurenkin@aussie.zone 11 months ago
Hopefully all the Christmas decorations don’t cause any quantum entanglement as he rushes around.