xkcd #3247: Particle Census

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Remember, your answers to the physics census are confidential; we will not be issuing Pauli exclusion principle citations.

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Remember, your answers to the physics census are confidential; we will not be issuing Pauli exclusion principle citations.

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[–] 19 points 4 months ago (4 children)

will "I" still "know" anything after I have completely disintegrated?

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  • [–] 34 points 4 months ago (3 children)

    You won't have to worry about that.

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  • [–] 14 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    But I'm worried about not having to worry about it....

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  • [–] 4 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    How many particles does it take to record the location of one particle?

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  • [–] 3 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    To what precision are they going to measure it?

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago

    So the Auditors of Reality exist in the xkcd-verse, huh.

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