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[-] JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee 121 points 2 years ago

You can, there's just an extremely low chance that you will.

[-] Agent641@lemmy.world 44 points 2 years ago

Slides $20 across table

How about now? 😉

[-] janAkali@lemmy.one 8 points 2 years ago

We will see what we can do. 😐

[-] lnee@lemm.ee 8 points 2 years ago

The law does not accept bribes

[-] pruwybn@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 2 years ago

Let me get my "Quantum sledgehammer"...

[-] dessimbelackis@lemmy.world 23 points 2 years ago

Big “throw yourself at the ground and miss” vibes here

[-] Aqarius@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago

Well, essentially, yes.

[-] Seasoned_Greetings@lemm.ee 16 points 2 years ago

When you think about it like that, there's an insanely higher (but still ultimately miniscule) chance that only some part of you will make it through the wall and then just leave you stuck there.

[-] onion@feddit.de 6 points 2 years ago

Also the wall is a bit more than one layer of atoms thick, so wouldn't there be a high chance part of you only tunnels partially through the wall?

[-] zero_spelled_with_an_ecks@programming.dev 6 points 2 years ago

Like the person that got stuck in the floor of the Enterprise-D.

[-] Turun@feddit.de 9 points 2 years ago

We also exhibit wave-particle duality. It's just that our wavelength is on the order of 10^-25 m or something.

[-] onion@feddit.de 6 points 2 years ago

You just gotta run fast enough, trust me bro

[-] cynar@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

You joke, but in theory it can be done. However, you also need to be completely isolated in a hard vacuum.

[-] DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe 5 points 2 years ago

There is no duality, there are only waves, and very, very lazy waves.

[-] PoisonedPrisonPanda@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 years ago

Thats why we are here on science memes!

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