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On the sitcom 'The Big Bang Theory', one of the jokes goes:
"A physicist walks into an ice cream parlor and orders an ice cream for himself and one for the empty seat next to him. He does this for weeks until the owner asks him what he's doing. The physicist says, "well, I'm a physicist, and quantum mechanics tells us that the matter above this stool to spontaneously change into a beautiful woman, who might accept my offer and fall in love with me. The owner says that lots of beautiful women come in here. Why not buy an ice cream for them? The physicist says, "yeah, but what are the odds of that happening?"
In the DVD feature, the science consultant says that it's based on quantum tunnelling...could someone explain it a bit more in layman's terms? Sounds really interesting
Thanks
"A physicist walks into an ice cream parlor and orders an ice cream for himself and one for the empty seat next to him. He does this for weeks until the owner asks him what he's doing. The physicist says, "well, I'm a physicist, and quantum mechanics tells us that the matter above this stool to spontaneously change into a beautiful woman, who might accept my offer and fall in love with me. The owner says that lots of beautiful women come in here. Why not buy an ice cream for them? The physicist says, "yeah, but what are the odds of that happening?"
In the DVD feature, the science consultant says that it's based on quantum tunnelling...could someone explain it a bit more in layman's terms? Sounds really interesting
Thanks