Wednesday: Quantum Physics 123

[ten-and-chips.livejournal.com]

[A tallish man in a brown pinstriped suit is in a small classroom on the second floor of Fandom High. The room is set up with your standard high school deskchairs. As people come in, he looks up, sets down his notes on the podium, and nervously brushes his hands off on his jacket.]

Welcome to Quantum Physics 123. As you may have gathered, I'm the Doctor. [smiles]
Today we're going to be discussing the very basics of quantum physics--the concepts that make time travel work, as it were. On Earth, which I assume is where many of you originated, the idea of quantum physics or quantum mechanics was theorised first in the 19th and 20th centuries.

[opens notes]
Quantum physics states that a particle (or any group of particles) can be located anywhere as long as it/they are not observed by any being. The probability of the particle being at a certain place occurs in predictable waves. Once the particle is observed, that probability wave collapses, causing a more definite surety of the particle's location.
So, in essence, the fact that we can know a particle only when we observe it means that it can be almost anywhere, at any point in time, when NOT observed. There are many different interpretations of how this can be applied. Bearing that in mind, please write 100 words on one way you think this could be physically used by sentient beings (i.e. humans). Responses should be left here by class time on Monday.


((OOC: Note: This class takes place chronofluidly, at any particular point during the day. If you don't have the time to write, leave a comment about your character's theoretical essay and whether or not it was worth a damn. Wikipedia, incidentally, was also a ridiculously complicated good help in writing this. And ohmygod, I am such a dork.))

Comments

[trulydeath.livejournal.com]

[OOC: You are not a dork. You have just gained a TOTAL FANGIRL. Death and I both adore your Ten.]

[ten-and-chips.livejournal.com]

(([blushes] Thanks, from the both of us here at ten_and_chips. You watch DW?))

[trulydeath.livejournal.com]

[obsessively. :) this is due to my father converting me. It's love. He and Death should totally meet sometime.]

[aka-vala.livejournal.com]

[trulydeath.livejournal.com]

[ ... you are also LOVE. That is brilliant. Get the Doctor/Death ship out of my head!]

[youngest-sister.livejournal.com]

*stops in, because she was attracted to the room confused about when it was*

*giggles*

*stops after annoyed glares are sent her way*

*starts again*

[ten-and-chips.livejournal.com]

[looks over at Delirium, slightly annoyed]

[then is distracted by his suit suddenly starting to sing Billy Joel songs]

[missromana.livejournal.com]

::writes essay, which (of course) is brilliant::

::can't stop at 100 words, ends up handing in 2,000-word essay::

[ten-and-chips.livejournal.com]

((OOC: Hon, you're in the other class, not this one. This is the one for beginners.))

[missromana.livejournal.com]

(ooc: Oops, sorry! I was tired...)

[littleluck.livejournal.com]

*attends class, takes some notes, and scribbles out an essay that, while nt completely worthless is also not 100% coherent. But at least it meets the word count*

[sogothcally.livejournal.com]

::stares blankly forward during the lecture::

::looks desperately for Sparky::

...frak...

::tries to take notes, despite not having a clue what the Doc is talking about::

[lady-jessica-bg.livejournal.com]

*turns in a fairly good essay that meets the basics, although it doesn't go into huge amounts of detail*

[joolushko-tunai.livejournal.com]

::hands in decent sized essay, with a unneccessary tanget about the questionable "sentient" nature of most human beings::

[cyloninmyhead.livejournal.com]

*writes an absolutely brilliant essay, above and beyond the requirements for the paper*

[sparkplugfelix.livejournal.com]

::falls out of another dimension and into the class, smoking slightly::

Uh... Hi.

::blinks::

Class. Right.

::doesn't notice he's still smoking lightly, and dazedly claims a desk::

::takes notes on the paper he has in his pocket (of course)::

::mutters:: No going anywhere near locker 327. Forever and ever.

[sogothcally.livejournal.com]

::writes 100 words about how if things could be anywhere if not observed, then people could build a device for not observing something in order to transport it somewhere else where it will be observed::

::in other words, 100 words demonstrating a complete lack of understanding::

[sogothcally.livejournal.com]

[ooc: ha! and I totally wrote that before reading the lesson plan for the next class... honest.]

[soniabelmont.livejournal.com]

*hands in decent paper- nothing ground-breaking, but obviously well thought-out*

[sparkplugfelix.livejournal.com]

::also hands in homework, which is exactly 100 words with annotations and notes about further thought that could be applied this theory::