When Schrödinger's Equation Meets Dinner Party Pseudoscience

Quantum Pseudoscience Student Relationship Dinner Education Misunderstood

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When Schrödinger's Equation Meets Dinner Party Pseudoscience

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The existential pain of a physics student watching pseudoscience take over dinner conversation! While you're still traumatized from calculating wave functions and Schrödinger equations, your girlfriend's friends are confidently explaining how "quantum healing crystals" can align your chakras.

That dog's face perfectly captures the internal screaming of someone who knows the difference between quantum entanglement and whatever "quantum vibrational frequency" nonsense is being discussed over wine. The cognitive dissonance is strong enough to collapse all wave functions in a 5-mile radius.

Pro tip: Just nod and pet the dog. Neither will understand quantum mechanics, but at least the dog won't try to sell you a $200 quantum-infused water bottle.

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