YouTube – Quantum Shorts – The Relative Uncertainty of Reality

Today’s reading is The Relative Uncertainty of Reality by Daniel Swindlehurst.

Daniel Swindlehurst used to have a proper, sensible job, but threw it all away to realise his childhood dream of being a scientist. He loves science fact and science fiction, and occasionally writes both.

The quantum concepts in The Relative Uncertainty of Reality are computing, reality, time and the uncertainty principle.

What if our reality is a simulated playground for people who want a harmless diversion, and most of us aren’t real?

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YouTube – Quantum Shorts – Quantum Man

Today’s reading is Quantum Man by Clifton Rumsey.

Clifton Rumsey has a background spanning the sciences from physics to neuroscience, rendering him more wave than particle at this point. On the other hand, his position can be localised to a well-defined orbit around Austin, Texas. Unfortunately, this leaves his momentum wildly uncertain. While several of his multiverse selves have already won every major scientific, literary, entertainment, and humanitarian award available, in this universe it remains a work in progress.

The quantum concepts in Quantum Man are gravity, the Large Hadron Collider, probability, superposition and Young’s double slit experiment.

An accident at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider turns a janitor into Quantum Man.

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YouTube – Quantum Shorts – The Entanglement Proposal

Today’s reading is The Entanglement Proposal by Vina Jie-Min Prasad.

Vina Jie-Min Prasad is a Singaporean writer working against the world-machine. Her short fiction has appeared in Clarkesworld, Uncanny Magazine, and Fireside Fiction. She was a finalist for the Hugo, Nebula, and Sturgeon Awards in 2018.

The quantum concept in The Entanglement Proposal is entanglement.

Is it a good idea to test your relationship by spending a month in an entangled state, when each one feels the opposite of the other’s emotions?

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