• OwOarchist@pawb.social
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    4 days ago

    because people won’t die if you get the quantum physics wrong.

    Well, not with that attitude!

    (Okay, I guess, in pure quantum physics, nobody is going to get hurt by it. But if you venture into applied quantum physics – quantum engineering – then you begin to reintroduce the possibility that getting it wrong could cause serious harm in some cases.)

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      3 days ago

      i’m sorry but the whole “pure” and “applied” division between physics cracks me up because drugs. I would like to buy some physics please but *dips finger* is it pure? y’all really need a better word