The Quantum Humility Pipeline

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The Quantum Humility Pipeline

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The ultimate physics major pipeline: from arrogant defender of quantum weirdness to humble accepter of cosmic confusion. First you scream "READ MORE!" at the normies who dare question quantum mechanics. Then after years of staring into the quantum abyss, you finally reach enlightenment: "Lol yeah, this stuff makes absolutely no sense." Nothing says scientific maturity like admitting that particles can somehow be waves, exist in multiple places, and get "spookily entangled" across vast distances. The beard of wisdom knows - if you think you understand quantum physics, you definitely don't understand quantum physics.

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