Do Photons Experience Time?

That paper title is the academic equivalent of a power level over 9000! Supersymmetric quantum mechanics combines quantum physics with fancy mathematical symmetries, while noncommutative planes throw out the basic rule that x×y equals y×x. Add deformation quantization (a way to turn classical systems into quantum ones), and you've got a title so complex it might as well be written in Namekian. Even physics PhDs are looking at this like Vegeta - equal parts impressed and intimidated. The DOI in the title is just the cherry on top of this intellectual flex.

Ever stared at a physics textbook wondering if it's written in alien hieroglyphics? The chart shows how our modern alphabet evolved from Proto-Sinaitic through Phoenician, Ancient Greek, and Roman scripts—but physics equations seem to have preserved every single extinct symbol! Physics professors be like: "This simple equation uses only 17 Greek letters, 4 Hebrew characters, and whatever this squiggle is that I just invented." Meanwhile, students frantically search their keyboards for Ω, ψ, and θ while questioning their life choices. The true universal language isn't math—it's the collective confusion of students wondering why we couldn't just stick with the 26 perfectly good letters we already had.

This is what happens when electrical engineers try to be criminologists. In a series circuit, current flows through each component one after another—just like how serial killers operate sequentially. Meanwhile, parallel circuits split the current across multiple paths simultaneously—like killers working in tandem. The comments are pure gold: "I don't have the capacity to understand" (capacitors store charge), "I can't resist laughing" (resistors oppose current), "no ground for laughing" (electrical grounding), and "siemens to be connected" (siemens measure conductance). Whoever created this deserves a Nobel Prize in Pun Physics.

When computational chemists brag about Density Functional Theory (DFT) using electron density instead of wave functions, only to discover the dirty little secret—the density itself comes from wave functions! The cat's shocked expression perfectly captures that moment of existential crisis when you realize your entire PhD is built on a mathematical ouroboros. It's like claiming you don't eat animals while ordering a burger with extra cheese.

This flowchart is what happens when career counselors have a mental breakdown. Engineering? Only if you're "good with things." Chemistry? Congratulations on your future as a "fussy pedant." And let's not forget Computer Science, perfect for those who prefer "slow, indirect evil" over the more efficient varieties. The beautiful part is how it nails the existential crisis of every STEM student. "Why do you want to major in a STEM field?" Options include "curiosity" (adorable), "to save the planet" (delusional), or my personal favorite, the dawning realization that STEM was supposed to involve actual plants for Biology majors. After 30 years of teaching, I can confirm this is approximately 87% accurate. The missing 13% is the path where you choose your major based on which department has the least uncomfortable chairs in the lecture hall.

Physicists seeing a speed limit sign be like: "But what unit system are we using here?!" 😂 The eternal struggle of scientists who live in a world where speed can be measured in kilometers per hour, miles per hour, meters per second, feet per second, the speed of light, light-years per year, or even megaparsecs per gigayear! Meanwhile, everyone else just wants to know if they're getting a ticket. Next time a physicist asks you how fast you're going, just respond with "55" and watch their brain short-circuit trying to figure out if you're crawling or breaking the universal speed limit!