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I fell down the rabbit hole, so you don't have to!

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Nick Boyd
Sep 04, 2024
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At last - I understand’ish

Following the financial train that crashed through both Goodwood and York stations, I have been trying to work out what went wrong on the tipping front for these past few weeks. I was not alone—there were many favourites that looked like good things and donkeys that turned into Pegasus, but only when a friend said, “I never saw that one coming,” did my mind turn to the possible interference of Quantum Physics. Those of you who have travelled with me for the past few years might remember my discussing the concept of the Many World Interpretation and the existence of the multiverse.

As a memory nudge, here is the link: CLICK HERE

Could this appalling luck be the substantial and visible proof of the MWI, or could it substantiate one of the critical principles of photon behaviour - namely, that it can exist in two different states only when unobserved?

Keen to avoid a £27k+ tuition bill and an entirely pointless university career involving consuming what my nephew at Warwick described as Uniplonk, I dredged away for three hours trying to clear a channel through the River of Quantum Obscurity.

As an aside, “Uniplonk” is the Gallo brothers’ Barefoot label, although for that muck to have any impact, you would have to mix it 50/50 with Pussers Naval Rum - but I would save the money, swerve that chemically-induced headache and buy more rum… or gin… or vodka.

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