![4-panel Comic. (1) STUDENT: If the wavefunction only collapses when I observe it, does that mean my consciousness affects the universe? (2) [Bad:] PROFESSOR: Yes, quantum entanglement proves that we all have souls. (3) [Good:] PROFESSOR: No, consciousness plays no role here. It’s just physical measurement. (4) [Chaotic:] PROFESSOR: No. The wavefunction collapses when *I* look at it because I’m a full professor. It won’t collapse for an undergraduate.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreic2mhmdvsftki6qe275hycolgt22msekbwzdyqoujt56qzpcbm3hm)
August 28, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Has his wavefunction collapsed?
I believe we are dealing with is a Schrödinger's McConnell situation
July 11, 2026 at 7:35 PM
Has his wavefunction collapsed?
nice wavefunction you have there it would be a shame if someone were to observe it
November 9, 2024 at 7:56 PM
nice wavefunction you have there it would be a shame if someone were to observe it
Title text: "Wavefunction collapse is only one interpretation. Under some interpretations, graduate students also have souls."
Alt text: https://explainxkcd.com/3134#Transcript
Alt text: https://explainxkcd.com/3134#Transcript
August 28, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Title text: "Wavefunction collapse is only one interpretation. Under some interpretations, graduate students also have souls."
Alt text: https://explainxkcd.com/3134#Transcript
Alt text: https://explainxkcd.com/3134#Transcript
When you observe the individual, their marginalization wavefunction collapses into one distinct identity to be oppressed
July 13, 2025 at 5:18 PM
When you observe the individual, their marginalization wavefunction collapses into one distinct identity to be oppressed
Rendered the hydrogen 2p_z wavefunction in Blender. Not the probability density, the signed wavefunction itself--so you can see the two lobes carrying opposite phase, and the nodal plane between them where ψ = 0
"hey kid, wanna see some quantum eigenstates?" lol
"hey kid, wanna see some quantum eigenstates?" lol
May 7, 2026 at 10:44 PM
Rendered the hydrogen 2p_z wavefunction in Blender. Not the probability density, the signed wavefunction itself--so you can see the two lobes carrying opposite phase, and the nodal plane between them where ψ = 0
"hey kid, wanna see some quantum eigenstates?" lol
"hey kid, wanna see some quantum eigenstates?" lol
In case you don't know: A wavefunction is very different from a waveform. In quantum mechanics it's the mathematical construct that describes the state of the system. "Just" getting the wavefunction IS downloading all the simulation data, That Is What The Data Is.
December 6, 2024 at 3:58 PM
In case you don't know: A wavefunction is very different from a waveform. In quantum mechanics it's the mathematical construct that describes the state of the system. "Just" getting the wavefunction IS downloading all the simulation data, That Is What The Data Is.
Ross Donut, demonstrating how bothsidesism collapses into a single corrupt wavefunction
April 14, 2026 at 3:02 PM
Ross Donut, demonstrating how bothsidesism collapses into a single corrupt wavefunction
Fellas, is your wavefunction prone to embarrassing collapse?
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Ask your doctor if Paulinol is right for you!
August 28, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Fellas, is your wavefunction prone to embarrassing collapse?
Ask your doctor if Paulinol is right for you!
Ask your doctor if Paulinol is right for you!
Wavefunction, Ink on Yupo, 2026
March 2, 2026 at 5:47 PM
Wavefunction, Ink on Yupo, 2026
it's a quantum tariff: you won't know what the actual tariff rate is until someone observes your bank account balance and causes the wavefunction to collapse
April 9, 2025 at 7:06 PM
it's a quantum tariff: you won't know what the actual tariff rate is until someone observes your bank account balance and causes the wavefunction to collapse
The Strait of Hormuz exists in a quantum state of uncertainty in which it is open and closed at the same time until an observation is made and the wavefunction collapses
April 18, 2026 at 3:14 AM
The Strait of Hormuz exists in a quantum state of uncertainty in which it is open and closed at the same time until an observation is made and the wavefunction collapses
Short explanation of the physics Nobel Prize 2025
In classical mechanics you can know where a particle is and its momentum at the same time. In Quantum mechanics you can't. All information is in the wavefunction. Even if a particle is trapped, part of the wavefunction..
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In classical mechanics you can know where a particle is and its momentum at the same time. In Quantum mechanics you can't. All information is in the wavefunction. Even if a particle is trapped, part of the wavefunction..
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October 8, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Short explanation of the physics Nobel Prize 2025
In classical mechanics you can know where a particle is and its momentum at the same time. In Quantum mechanics you can't. All information is in the wavefunction. Even if a particle is trapped, part of the wavefunction..
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In classical mechanics you can know where a particle is and its momentum at the same time. In Quantum mechanics you can't. All information is in the wavefunction. Even if a particle is trapped, part of the wavefunction..
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There are things we fundamentally don't understand about quantum mechanics in terms of the back-end workings: how a wavefunction "collapses" and what exactly makes entanglement work, etc. But we know it DOES work and we can calculate how. We're not out at sea with this stuff. Not at all.
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January 6, 2025 at 3:58 PM
There are things we fundamentally don't understand about quantum mechanics in terms of the back-end workings: how a wavefunction "collapses" and what exactly makes entanglement work, etc. But we know it DOES work and we can calculate how. We're not out at sea with this stuff. Not at all.
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The "Many worlds interpretation" is an interpretation of quantum mechanics that posits that a measurement doesn't "collapse" the wavefunction
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December 12, 2024 at 3:49 PM
The "Many worlds interpretation" is an interpretation of quantum mechanics that posits that a measurement doesn't "collapse" the wavefunction
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Collection of Collapsing Wavefunctions
Collection of Collapsing Wavefunctions
November 27, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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Collection of Collapsing Wavefunctions
Collection of Collapsing Wavefunctions
More chocolate, more Nobel prizes
https://www.scientificamerican.com/blog/the-curious-wavefunction/chocolate-consumption-and-nobel-prizes-a-bizarre-juxtaposition-if-there-ever-was-one/
https://www.scientificamerican.com/blog/the-curious-wavefunction/chocolate-consumption-and-nobel-prizes-a-bizarre-juxtaposition-if-there-ever-was-one/
September 28, 2025 at 4:02 PM
wavefunction collapse happens at the polls apparently
March 29, 2025 at 7:14 PM
wavefunction collapse happens at the polls apparently
"Some friendships collapse like a wavefunction upon observation"
March 11, 2026 at 11:55 AM
"Some friendships collapse like a wavefunction upon observation"
But in quantum mechanics one wavefunction doesn't mean one particle. Many particles can be described by the same wavefunction. Entanglement is an example in which multiple particles are described by one wavefunction
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October 8, 2025 at 8:17 PM
But in quantum mechanics one wavefunction doesn't mean one particle. Many particles can be described by the same wavefunction. Entanglement is an example in which multiple particles are described by one wavefunction
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I suspect he would lead to the collapse of their Wavefunction. Right now people can imagine the Greens to be whatever they want....
May 12, 2025 at 8:17 PM
I suspect he would lead to the collapse of their Wavefunction. Right now people can imagine the Greens to be whatever they want....
Theoretical physics often reads like poetry. The Many-Worlds Interpretation tells us that the universal wavefunction never collapses; it only branches. We are part of a grand, deterministic symphony where every possible version of reality is playing out simultaneously.
Many-Worlds theory: The quantum multiverse | Psyll
Explore Many-Worlds: the quantum theory that every event branches reality into infinite parallel worlds within a single, universal wavefunction.
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May 29, 2026 at 12:13 AM
Theoretical physics often reads like poetry. The Many-Worlds Interpretation tells us that the universal wavefunction never collapses; it only branches. We are part of a grand, deterministic symphony where every possible version of reality is playing out simultaneously.