I Don't Like Being Observed Either

I Don't Like Being Observed Either
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The subatomic world's most dramatic diva has entered the chat! This meme brilliantly captures quantum mechanics' observer effect - where particles exist in multiple states until measured, then suddenly pick one like a toddler who stops dancing the moment you pull out your camera. Schrödinger's penguin here is just living its best superposition life until some nosy scientist comes along with their fancy equipment. Then it's all "sorry, wave function collapsed, come back with an appointment." Thirty years of teaching quantum physics and my students still look exactly like this penguin when I explain wave-particle duality.

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