Bad Astronomy

Quantum entanglement

Anyone can be passionate about physics. Anyone:

A homeless man is on trial in San Mateo County on charges that he smacked a fellow transient in the face with a skateboard as the victim was engaged in a conversation about quantum physics, authorities said today.

Man. Reminds me of grad school.

The article goes on:

The attack was witnessed by two other people

Oh, too bad! There goes the defense; the observers collapsed the wave function. Otherwise, he could’ve pleaded guilty and not guilty.

Tip o’ the Bose Einstein condensate to ntolman.