xkcd #3247: Particle Census

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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10 Comments

nialv7@lemmy.world · 19 pts · 98d (4 replies)

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

SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world · 34 pts · 98d (3 replies)

You won't have to worry about that.

Sturgist@lemmy.ca · 14 pts · 98d (2 replies)

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

sundray@lemmus.org · 6 pts · 98d

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

SippyCup@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 98d

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

chunes@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 97d (1 reply)

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

BarbecueCowboy@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 5 pts · 97d

At least that one, probably more.

marcos@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 98d (1 reply)

To what precision are they going to measure it?

SippyCup@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 98d

Ummm... 1

AnthropomorphicCat@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 98d

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