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December 23, 2009 at 9:32pm
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A Jewish physicist claims to not know when Christmas is because he does not “observe” that holiday. What’s happening here is a reference to an observer effect, specifically one pertaining to quantum mechanics, which states that if the outcome of an event has not been observed it exists in a state of being in all possible states at once.
It is essentially the same joke as we previously explained, here: a physicist is acting in a humorous manner because of a physics-based homographic pun.

A Jewish physicist claims to not know when Christmas is because he does not “observe” that holiday. What’s happening here is a reference to an observer effect, specifically one pertaining to quantum mechanics, which states that if the outcome of an event has not been observed it exists in a state of being in all possible states at once.

It is essentially the same joke as we previously explained, here: a physicist is acting in a humorous manner because of a physics-based homographic pun.

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    Whatever they say — personally, I find it strange...there exists this magnificent...
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    how Toby, Dave and Ian put up with this crap.
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