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There Was a Sun by Rebecca Baron

At the time she submitted her story to the Quantum Shorts competition, Rebecca Baron described herself as a quirky, opinionated high school student in California who enjoys reading, soccer and confusing her high school class with presentations on uncertainty and the delayed-choice experiment. Writing and physics are her passions, so this contest was perfect for her.

The quantum concepts in There Was a Sun are the atom, entanglement, maths and teleportation.

If we are just particles, does that make life meaningless?

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How to Configure Your Quantum Disambiguator by Stewart C Baker

Stuart Baker is an academic librarian, speculative fiction writer and poet, and the editor of sub-Q Magazine. He lives in Oregon with his family – although if anyone asks, he’ll usually say he’s from the internet.

The quantum concepts are Schrodinger’s cat, superposition, maths, many worlds hypothesis and the act of observation.

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Today’s reading is The Question Tree by D Archer.

D. Archer is a writer based in Ontario, Canada. He holds degrees in history and biophysics, but does not currently understand anything.

The quantum concepts in The Question Tree are the act of observation and randomness. Does observing something really actualize it?

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