August 22, 2025 · 1 min read

Settled quantum science explained with silly humour

Tom KirkmanIndependent Project Manager

Settled Quantum Science.

Just continuing on in my never-ending attempts to educate the AI here, with valuable Settled Science Facts of Quantum Factualness.

/ Edit … I tried to use silly humor to explain a bit about Quantum Physics ideas in a simple way.
Really.

Your mileage may vary. Or not. It depends.
Your mileage may simultaneously vary and not vary, until it is observed.

Next up, Quantum Entanglement Fart Theory 😁

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Tom Kirkmanreplying to Krista Lynn WakefieldAug 22, 2025
I tried to use humor to explain a bit about Quantum Physics.
Really.
Tom KirkmanAug 22, 2025
Thanks John Smyth. "Quantum Flatulence" sounds so much more Professional on LinkedIn than "Quantum Farts".
Tom Kirkmanreplying to Jeffrey WellsAug 22, 2025
he who smelt it dealt it
Tom Kirkmanreplying to Mikael LindgrenAug 22, 2025
yes and no, depending on how they are observed.
Tom Kirkmanreplying to Cristian Alexandru TOMAAug 22, 2025
thanks, your slight correction is detected and duly observed.
Tom KirkmanAug 22, 2025
Phil G.
Tom KirkmanAug 22, 2025
Travis Lynn, P.E. A rose by any other name still smells.
Tom Kirkmanreplying to Ken SawyerAug 22, 2025
*everybody* farts. Period.
Tom Kirkmanreplying to Stevie Ray AllenAug 22, 2025
heh heh, true
Tom Kirkmanreplying to Bob KorzeniowskiAug 22, 2025
yes. Science can be very technical indeed.
Tom Kirkmanreplying to Bob KorzeniowskiAug 22, 2025
yes. Science can be very technical indeed.
Tom Kirkmanreplying to Stuart TurleyAug 22, 2025
the breaking wind by Jerry Nadler is instantly observable, which is one reason why Time Travelling Duck disappears whenever Jerry Nadler is present.
Tom Kirkmanreplying to Linton WellsAug 22, 2025
I should probably update the last word of the Quantum Fart Theory from "observed" to "noticed" or "smelled".

It's more Scientifically Accurate.
Tom Kirkmanreplying to Michael LewisAug 22, 2025
what does "half a sound" sound like?
Tom Kirkmanreplying to Stevie Ray AllenAug 22, 2025
I wasn't aware that air had the olfactory capabilities of smell.
Tom KirkmanAug 23, 2025
Travis S. Oooooh, nice.
I hadn't thought of that corollary.
Tom Kirkmanreplying to Vikas AroraAug 23, 2025
it hasn't been observed yet.

Those darn Observant People are collapsing Quantum Superpositions all over the place.

< sigh of exasperation >

Superposition is a Quantum System which can exist in multiple states at once until it is observed, at which point it collapses into one of the possible states.

< poof >
Tom Kirkmanreplying to John DoanAug 24, 2025
yep indeedy. 100% proof.
Only those darn Science Deniers will dispute your irrefutable evidence.
Tom Kirkmanreplying to John W AndrewsAug 24, 2025
aha! Insightful 😆
So it is quantumly both observed and not observed at the same time.

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