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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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Source: https://xkcd.com/3247/

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[-] nialv7@lemmy.world 19 points 3 months ago

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

[-] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 34 points 3 months ago

You won't have to worry about that.

[-] Sturgist@lemmy.ca 14 points 3 months ago

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

[-] sundray@lemmus.org 6 points 3 months ago

It's okay, I'm hiding some fermions in the back of a drawer. I think.

[-] SippyCup@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago

Not to worry, your worry is caused by the location of your particles. That will be corrected after the measurement.

[-] chunes@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

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

[-] BarbecueCowboy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 3 months ago

At least that one, probably more.

[-] marcos@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

To what precision are they going to measure it?

[-] SippyCup@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago
[-] AnthropomorphicCat@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

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

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