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Slap a "quantum" on it = Instant flux capacitor (mander.xyz)
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[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

What happens if you try to cut a photon in half with a knife?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago (2 children)

The edge of a knife has to be thinner than the thing it's cutting, and we haven't found anything thinner than a photon

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Clearly you haven't seen my penis.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 9 months ago (1 children)

By that implication it's fundamentally impossible for anyone to see it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

I've found plenty of things thinner than photons, it's just that the photons they're thinner than are extremely low energy.