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The Difficulties of Dating an Electron

April 5, 2022From the book Math Games with Bad Drawings

Dating an electron is tricky: is your date here or not? In a sense, it's a cloud of probability, ordering ravioli.

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[A waiter at a table where one diner sits alone; the date is a blurry cloud] Waiter: "Will the rest of your party be arriving soon?" "No. Or… yes? In a sense, they're already here." [The cloud:] "I'LL HAVE THE RAVIOLI" Caption: "THE DIFFICULTIES OF DATING AN ELECTRON"

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Cartoon by Ben Orlin, Math with Bad Drawings. https://cartoons.mathwithbaddrawings.com/2022-04-05-the-difficulties-of-dating-an-electron/ (CC BY-NC 4.0)
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