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[–] Cypher@aussie.zone 1 points 9 minutes ago

Redditor failed the litmus test for misandrists

[–] Elentirmo@lemmy.ca 1 points 18 minutes ago

I pretty sure magic is involved

[–] MurrayL@lemmy.world 32 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

I think I can safely say that nobody understands quantum mechanics.

If you think you understand quantum mechanics, you don't understand quantum mechanics.

Both quotes attributed to Richard Feynman.

[–] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 hours ago (3 children)

I can do (some of) the maths, but I definitely can't explain why any of it is like that, or how it works.

[–] ranzispa@mander.xyz 0 points 29 minutes ago (1 children)

I can tell a piece of software to do the maths for ms. Sometimes the results appear to work with reality.

People complain about LLMs hallucinating, but they have no idea of how many assumptions and just plain "everybody does it this way, I guess it works" are there in scientific research.

[–] paul@lemmy.org 1 points 1 minute ago

Which is ironic because everyone has, at least once, been asked "but how does it work?" and have answered "dunno, but it does"

[–] minkymunkey_7_7@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago

We all end up looking at cats in boxes pictures on the internet whenever we start to try to understand oh wow this cat is funny.

[–] Naz@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 hours ago

I like watching it in action. I don't know what the hell is going on, but it gives me a strange kind of peace, and if you stare at it long enough, you trick yourself into thinking that it makes some kind of sense.

[–] MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world 10 points 9 hours ago (3 children)

Fuck Reddit and Fuck Spez.

[–] Artisian@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago
[–] Tottakai@europe.pub 1 points 4 hours ago

Such a warrior!

[–] bearboiblake@pawb.social 238 points 1 day ago (5 children)

It's hard to explain quantum mechanics when you don't understand them.

[–] RagingRobot@lemmy.world 30 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

I understand them! They perform oil changes on the quantum

[–] psx_crab@lemmy.zip 8 points 14 hours ago

They're so good they fix your car on the quantum level!

Thats the joke!

[–] driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.br 180 points 1 day ago (3 children)

It's hard to explain quantum mechanics even when you understand them.

[–] mic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.com 40 points 17 hours ago (2 children)

There’s an old joke about quantum mechanics professors starting their first lecture with something along the lines of “right now, some of you probably understand quantum mechanics. By the end of the semester, if I did my job right, none of us will understand it.”

[–] ryathal@sh.itjust.works 7 points 14 hours ago

If they're lucky they might understand kubernetes though.

[–] driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.br 11 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago)

Iirc, it's a youtube video of an actual class

Edit: https://youtube.com/shorts/X4pehLRhFhI

[–] bearboiblake@pawb.social 103 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

It's a superposition of knowledge and ignorance.

[–] driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.br 76 points 23 hours ago (5 children)

The more you know the less you know

[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 45 points 23 hours ago

Congratulations, you’ve successfully explained quantum mechanics.

[–] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 13 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Sometimes I get the sense that I have a clear picture of quantum mechanics. But when I look closer, it gets all blurry.

[–] BeanGoblin@lemmy.blahaj.zone 28 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

This isn't even a joke, it's literally true in quantum mechanics.

[–] NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world 37 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Thank you for explaining the joke, I now know less.

[–] Klear@quokk.au 14 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

You know nothing, but you know precisely about what you know nothing.

[–] scathliath@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 10 hours ago

Only before you check, though.

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[–] RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world 1 points 14 hours ago

I thought that was like its thing. It doesn't really make sense.

[–] BetaBlake@lemmy.world 35 points 22 hours ago (5 children)

No one understands quantum mechanics

[–] spankinspinach@sh.itjust.works 5 points 17 hours ago

Whoa. Blakeception

[–] hateisreality@lemmy.world 8 points 20 hours ago (4 children)

You both understand and don't understand quantum mechanics at the same time... It's that simple, that is until such a point at which becomes known as to whether or not you understand or don't understand quantum physics and then some kind of quantum tunnel collapses?

No habla English

[–] Siegfried@lemmy.world 2 points 16 hours ago

Vos me queres decir que entender mecanica cuantica es como entender el final de evangelion?

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[–] angrystego@lemmy.world 15 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

That was the point, right?

[–] PartyAt15thAndSummit@lemmy.zip 6 points 17 hours ago

It's hard to explain jokes when you don't understand them.

[–] TheTechnician27@lemmy.world 60 points 23 hours ago

Cropped so I get the authentic glaucoma experience.

[–] sbv@sh.itjust.works 19 points 23 hours ago

A delightful character arc.

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