Monday, April 15, 2024

Quantum physics is like a big loaf of bread

There’s a site called Clickhole that was very funny (and occasionally prophetic) for a while many years ago, but then became stupid and lame and stayed that way for a very long time. Many such cases. Today I decided out of the blue to check it, just on the off chance that it had got its mojo back.

I clicked on an article, dated April 11, 2024, called “5 Ways We Could Explain Quantum Physics That Wouldn’t Be Right, But Might Be Interesting.” The third of the Five Ways is this:

3. Quantum physics is like a big loaf of bread.

Imagine a big loaf of bread. Now imagine that loaf of bread is nearby. That’s quantum physics. If it’s not, don’t get mad at us. We’re doing our best.

So, yeah, still a bit stupid and lame. But synchronistically interesting, as April 11, 2024, is also the date of my own post “A loaf of bread is dear.”

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