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Nerd alert! -more spooky Quantum stuff

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Nerd alert! -more spooky Quantum stuff
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RE: Nerd alert! -more spooky Quantum stuff
July 16, 2020 at 6:53 am
Am I the only one who is bothered by quantum mechanics being referred to as "spooky"?

Quantum mechanics is very strange but I dislike words like "spooky" or "mysterious" because they seem to have woo-y connotations to me. Anybody else feel this way?
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Nerd alert! -more spooky Quantum stuff

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Nerd alert! -more spooky Quantum stuff - by ignoramus - July 12, 2020 at 1:40 am
RE: Nerd alert! -more spooky Quantum stuff - by Porcupine - July 16, 2020 at 6:53 am
RE: Nerd alert! -more spooky Quantum stuff - by Porcupine - July 16, 2020 at 12:00 pm
RE: Nerd alert! -more spooky Quantum stuff - by Grandizer - July 16, 2020 at 11:32 pm
RE: Nerd alert! -more spooky Quantum stuff - by Grandizer - August 5, 2020 at 6:02 pm
RE: Nerd alert! -more spooky Quantum stuff - by Apollo - November 28, 2020 at 3:57 pm
RE: Nerd alert! -more spooky Quantum stuff - by The Valkyrie - November 28, 2020 at 4:17 pm
RE: Nerd alert! -more spooky Quantum stuff - by polymath257 - November 28, 2020 at 5:38 pm

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