Happy Saturnalia
Posted in Life on 12/25/2008 09:05 am by enjanerdHappy Saturnalia, Merry Christmas, Happy [Day 5 of] Hanukkah! :)
On Christmas night, Santa is in a superposition of quantum states, smeared out all the way around the planet, and each quantum state delivers presents to a single child. This explains why it is so important that children are asleep, because if just one child sees Santa, he immediately collapses into a single state, in accordance with Heisenberg. This would mean that no other children would receive presents that Christmas. This theory elegantly avoids all the flaws in the conventional theory. The only problem is that you will have to explain quantum theory to your children before you tell them about Santa.
Sean Smeltzer, Croydon, Surrey, New Scientist, January 16, 1999
12/27/2008 at 07:51
Won’t sign up for twitter I am wired enough. But that bastard Christ took Mithras’ birthday which was December 25th according to celtic mythology.