YouTube – Quantum Shorts – The Scent of Strangeness

Today’s reading is The Scent of Strangeness by J M Kinnear.

J M Kinnear does not write for a living, but does enjoy checking out the whiteboard doodles at the Institute for Quantum Computing in Waterloo, Ontario.

The quantum concept in The Scent of Strangeness is Maths.

When you have so many synesthetic symptoms that they interfere with your work, it’s time to change jobs.

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YouTube – Quantum Shorts – The Fraction She Didn’t Know She Was

Today’s reading is The Fraction She Didn’t Know She Was by Jenni Juvonen.

Jenni Juvonen is a long-time enthusiast of science and literature, and has published short stories in several genres and languages. She is fascinated by possibilities and probabilities, and how they seem to collapse into certainties in our lives.

The quantum concepts in The Fraction She Didn’t Know She Was are the multiverse and probability.

In this story, with regard to the multiverse, what are the other versions of ourselves doing in any particular situation?

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YouTube – Quantum Shorts – Ana

Today’s reading is Ana by Liam Hogan.

Liam Hogan is an Oxford Physics graduate and award-winning London-based writer. His twisted fantasy collection, “Happy Ending Not Guaranteed”, is published by Arachne Press.

The quantum concept in Ana is Many Worlds (Multiverse)

Ana worries that if she doesn’t find a monster under her bed, then another Ana will.

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