Let's talk quantum mechanics....

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Malcolm
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The new quantum cat analogy.
If the infamous imaginary cat can be both alive and dead at the same time, they argue, it can also be both dead and alive simultaneously in two locations at once.
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Malcolm wrote:The new quantum cat analogy.
If the infamous imaginary cat can be both alive and dead at the same time, they argue, it can also be both dead and alive simultaneously in two locations at once.
And if they manage to stabilize the cat in both states, humanity changes overnight.
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GORDON wrote:
Malcolm wrote:The new quantum cat analogy.
If the infamous imaginary cat can be both alive and dead at the same time, they argue, it can also be both dead and alive simultaneously in two locations at once.
And if they manage to stabilize the cat in both states, humanity changes overnight.
Right. We can have as many dead cats as we need without sacrificing any living ones.
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Alhazad wrote:
GORDON wrote:
And if they manage to stabilize the cat in both states, humanity changes overnight.
Right. We can have as many dead cats as we need without sacrificing any living ones.
China will steal the tech on like day 2 because they don't want to have a Dead Cat Gap.
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GORDON wrote:
Alhazad wrote:
GORDON wrote:
And if they manage to stabilize the cat in both states, humanity changes overnight.
Right. We can have as many dead cats as we need without sacrificing any living ones.
China will steal the tech on like day 2 because they don't want to have a Dead Cat Gap.
China needs a lot of pussy to pacify its extra male population.
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