Thread: See I knew Santa was fake.

I don't know if he is fake. Look what I bagged Christmas day when I went hunting.

Santa is real!

I read "I knew fanta was cake".

So... tired... must... sle... zzzz

That's because engineers have little imagination. Quantum physicis allow for Santa to exist:

> Of course Father Christmas exists, and he can visit arbitrarily as many
> children as he pleases in as short a time as is convenient, barring mid-air
> reindeer pile- ups. The reason is that Father Christmas is a Macroscopic
> Quantum Object.
>
> Let me explain. It is a feature of the quantum world that particles - such
> as electrons - can be in more than one place at a time, provided that nobody
> is watching. In a famous experiment known as the "two-slit" test, physicists
> have been able to fire a single particle at an opaque plate with two
> separate slits in it. The diffraction pattern seen on the other side of the
> slits suggests that the particle passes through both holes at once and
> interacts with itself. However, if detectors are placed at the slits, to see
> which slit the particle passes through, the diffraction pattern disappears,
> and the particle can be seen to pass through either one slit or the other,
> but not both.
>
> The key lies in the fact of observation. Provided that nobody seeks to
> measure the effect with more than a certain amount of precision, the
> particle keeps all its options open. But if someone looks too closely, the
> particle makes its choice. In the language of physics, its quantum
> wavefunction collapses.
>
> Now, let's think of Father Christmas as a particle, obeying the rules of the
> quantum world. Following the logic of the two-slit experiment, it is
> perfectly possible for him to visit all the good children of the world
> simultaneously, provided that he does so unseen. If he is spotted, his
> wavefunction will collapse and he will be revealed as your Dad with a comedy
> beard after all. The quantum nature of Father Christmas explains the taboo
> against seeing him do his job.
>
> But there's more. It is possible to object that Father Christmas is far too
> large, rubicund and jolly to be a particle. In the real-life, macroscopic
> world of people, elves and flying reindeer, the quantum behaviour of each of
> the squillions of particles from which we are made averages out, so what we
> see is the everyday phenomenon of causes preceding effects, and people who
> can never be in two places at once.
>
> Cynics might attribute this last consequence to the deficiencies of
> Railtrack, but it is a fact that real people, even bearded men with red hats
> and big boots, tend to be found in discrete locations, irrespective of
> whether they are being watched or not.
>
> This objection doesn't wash, however, because it is possible to have
> macroscopic quantum objects that are larger than single particles.
> Scientists have managed to choreograph large clusters of atoms to behave as
> if they were just one particle, in a kind of nanoscopic Busby Berkeley
> routine. Admittedly, these clusters are too small to see with the naked eye,
> let alone qualify as cheerful red- faced men with sacks full of gifts, but
> the point is made.
>
> Importantly, these macroscopic quantum objects observe the rules of the
> quantum world when cooled to within a whisker of absolute zero - minus 273
> C. Any warmer than this, and the choreography breaks down and the clusters
> behave like any old bunch of atoms.
>
> Nevertheless, in this frigidity might lie an explanation for another feature
> of Father Christmas - the undeniable fact that Father Christmas
> traditionally inhabits cold places, such as Lapland or the North Pole. OK,
> so neither of these places gets as chilly as absolute zero, but it must
> count for something that no deserving child would address their wish list to
> hot places such as, say, Borneo or Brazil. The very idea is quite
> ridiculous. QED (which stands for Quantum Electrodynamics, as any fule kno.)

So there.

BS! I believe heeholler