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== Behind the scenes == | == Behind the scenes == | ||
The 2019 ''[[Companion Chronicles]]'' audio | The 2019 ''[[Companion Chronicles]]'' audio stories ''[[Daybreak (audio story)|Daybreak]]'' and ''[[The Vardan Invasion of Mirth (audio story)|The Vardan Invasion of Mirth]]'' establish that [[fixed points in time]] are only created once a [[probability waveform]] has collapsed. This is a reference to {{w|wave function collapse}}, a concept in quantum mechanics. This is when a [[wave function]] in a {{w|superposition}} (ie. with multiple possible quantum states) is "observed" (measured), and thus collapses into only one possibility. | ||
Ng in ''ScrapeJane'' is stretching this meaning of "observation", in the context of quantum mechanics. In the real world, a {{w|measurement in quantum mechanics}} is not the same as mere observation through [[sight]]. | Ng in ''ScrapeJane'' is stretching this meaning of "observation", in the context of quantum mechanics. In the real world, a {{w|measurement in quantum mechanics}} is not the same as mere observation through [[sight]]. | ||
[[Category:Quantum physics|*]] | [[Category:Quantum physics|*]] | ||
[[Category:Physics from the real world]] | [[Category:Physics from the real world]] | ||
