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xkcd #3134: Wavefunction Collapse

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Wavefunction collapse is only one interpretation. Under some interpretations, graduate students also have souls.

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[–] smiletolerantly@awful.systems 3 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

I'm just going to leave this here: Wigner's friend.

In Timelike Infinity, there's a group following that logic through to its conclusion, committing a bit of terrorism on the galactic scale to make Ultimate Observer-senpai notice them from the end of time and the universe.

Batshit insane, 10/10, one of Baxter's tamer plotlines.