this post was submitted on 10 Nov 2023
249 points (92.8% liked)

Science Memes

10849 readers
3368 users here now

Welcome to c/science_memes @ Mander.xyz!

A place for majestic STEMLORD peacocking, as well as memes about the realities of working in a lab.

Rules

  1. Don't throw mud. Behave like an intellectual and remember the human.
  2. Keep it rooted (on topic).
  3. No spam.
  4. Infographics welcome, get schooled.

This is a science community. We use the Dawkins definition of meme.

Research Committee

Other Mander Communities

Science and Research

Biology and Life Sciences

Physical Sciences

Humanities and Social Sciences

Practical and Applied Sciences

Memes

Miscellaneous

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
249
really makes you think... (mander.xyz)
submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
31 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 
top 31 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[–] [email protected] 121 points 11 months ago (5 children)

You can, there's just an extremely low chance that you will.

[–] [email protected] 44 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Slides $20 across table

How about now? πŸ˜‰

[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago

The law does not accept bribes

[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago

We will see what we can do. 😐

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago

Let me get my "Quantum sledgehammer"...

[–] [email protected] 23 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Big β€œthrow yourself at the ground and miss” vibes here

[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago

Well, essentially, yes.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 11 months ago (2 children)

When you think about it like that, there's an insanely higher (but still ultimately miniscule) chance that only some part of you will make it through the wall and then just leave you stuck there.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago

Like the person that got stuck in the floor of the Enterprise-D.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago

Also the wall is a bit more than one layer of atoms thick, so wouldn't there be a high chance part of you only tunnels partially through the wall?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 11 months ago (2 children)

We also exhibit wave-particle duality. It's just that our wavelength is on the order of 10^-25 m or something.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

You just gotta run fast enough, trust me bro

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

You joke, but in theory it can be done. However, you also need to be completely isolated in a hard vacuum.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago

There is no duality, there are only waves, and very, very lazy waves.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Thats why we are here on science memes!

[–] [email protected] 55 points 11 months ago (2 children)

I've seen kids that age test this theory

[–] [email protected] 18 points 11 months ago (1 children)

When I was a kid I was convinced that I could do it if I honed my mind sharp enough, and mastered my body. I'm still not convinced that it's impossible, because I didn't have the discipline to achieve perfection.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 11 months ago

Anyone who - upon learning they are made of atoms - does not try to align them with another object so they may pass through it, lacks a scientific mind.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

I have the scar to prove it

[–] [email protected] 40 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Well according to quantum theory, you can (the possibility is just very low)

[–] [email protected] 23 points 11 months ago

If you have nearly infinite time, you can try and succeed one day

[–] [email protected] 18 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

You can, but the little detail that a lot of people miss is that it takes a lot of energy to do so, more than you could probably survive.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago

There is a reason they call it the strong force.

Get stronger or eat wall.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Win-win.

Walk through a wall and just cease to be.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Keep trying, sending scalar vibes your way.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago

Fuck thoughts and prayers, send scalar waves and quantum entanglement.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 11 months ago

Um....you can, they're called doors

[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago

Parts of you do

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

Maybe get your entire body to reach quantum coherence

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

Weak nuclear force?