B QM Humor: "Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle

[collinsmark]

I was going to post this in the general discussion sub-forum (like the science jokes thread), but I think it's actually technical enough to be more appropriate here.

Today's SMBC (source: http://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/the-talk-4):

http://www.smbc-comics.com/comics/1481723478-20161214%20(1)%20(1).png

 

[Drakkith]

I feel like my understanding of quantum theory just increased by a few hundred percent.

 

[DrChinese]

I wish my mom had the "talk" with me at that age...

 

[MrRobotoToo]

It's so embarrassing when your parents catch you with your qubits hanging out.

 

[dlgoff]

I wish my mom had the "talk" with me at that age...

Me too. I got really excited by it.

 

[Demystifier]

Me too. I got really excited by it.

I would be more happy if a certain girl from neighborhood wanted to have such a talk with me. But no, she didn't want to indulge into serious stuff too early.

 

[Boing3000]

Looking at that comic kind of interfere with my ignorance. But the odd that it was in a destructive way, had a really low amplitude ... in this multiverse anyway

Great stuff, thanks for posting !

 

[DrClaude]

I really like their take on why quantum computing is efficient. Never liked the "QC proves MWI" argument.

 

[houlahound]

If the comedic vehicle in the skit is sexuality is "that talk" I don't want to think about an entangled state.

 

[Zafa Pi]

I certainly don't find humor and QM incompatible, but quantum flapdoodle is another matter. How many times have I heard that QM shows that probability theory is inadequate. Probability in QM is regular old probability, just like real numbers in QM are regular old real numbers. Probability amplitudes are not probabilities and imaginary numbers are not imaginary.
When mom said, "Yes! QM is just a certain generalization of probability." then the Children's Services Division should have been called for child abuse.

 

[Boing3000]

and imaginary numbers are not imaginary.

They are certainly no more imaginary than "real" number ... except for the "naming" part. "Dark" matter isn't dark either btw.

When mom said, "Yes! QM is just a certain generalization of probability." then the Children's Services Division should have been called for child abuse.

I think my sense of humor have failed me on this one.

 

[OCR]

...the Children's Services Division should have been be called for child abuse.

Well, do it!... drag out the ol' quikfone and call 'em up....
By all probabilities... the Children's Services Division should arrive just when she says...

Yes! QM is just a certain generalization of probability.

Catch her right in the act....

 

[Zafa Pi]

They are certainly no more imaginary than "real" number ... except for the "naming" part.

How true. And how imaginary are the reals? Add the perfectly reasonable axiom of choice and along comes Tarski-Banach.

 

[Zafa Pi]

Well, do it!... drag out the ol' quikfone and call 'em up....
By all probabilities... the Children's Services Division should arrive just when she says...

Catch her right in the act....View attachment 110698

EPR-Telecom confiscated my quikfone for late charges I accumulated before I bought it.

 

[OCR]

EPR-Telecom confiscated my quikfone for late charges I accumulated before I bought it.

Well, I knew you were going to violate something, but I figured, although incorrectly, that in all probability... it must in some way, be connected to Bell...

 

[collinsmark]

Well, do it!... drag out the ol' quikfone and call 'em up....

EPR-Telecom confiscated my quikfone for late charges I accumulated before I bought it.

Well, I knew you were going to violate something, but I figured, although incorrectly, that in all probability... it must in some way, be connected to Bell...

I see what you did there.

Spoiler

A bit of double entendre between Alexander Graham Bell and John Stewart Bell.

 

[OCR]

I see what you did there.

I see that too...

And, also, I think Mr.Pi was let off the hooke rather gently... being EPR-Telecom, in all probability, is not local...?

It could have been much worse, such... the observable on this operator seems to imply... ?

 

[dkotschessaa]

That was actually fairly enlightening. They should write a whole textbook!

 

[Strilanc]

That was actually fairly enlightening. They should write a whole textbook!

Scott did write a whole book about it. It's based on the lecture notes from his quantum computing course.

 

[dkotschessaa]

Scott did write a whole book about it. It's based on the lecture notes from his quantum computing course.

I meant in comic format. :)

 

[Zafa Pi]

I see that too...

And, also, I think Mr.Pi was let off the hooke rather gently... being EPR-Telecom, in all probability, is not local...?

It could have been much worse, such... the observable on this operator seems to imply... ?

Tomlin, how nostalgic. As for QM and jokes here's a favorite http://xkcd.com/1591/