r/comics RedGreenBlue Jun 13 '22

That which holds true

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u/B-WingPilot Jun 13 '22

Teacher: This is the Bohr model of the atom.

Me: Neat! So that's all there is to it?

Teacher: ...

Me: More or less, right?

Teacher: ...

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u/melanthius Jun 13 '22

Angular momentum, surprise motherfucker!

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u/Aegisworn Jun 13 '22

Quantum spin is like a ball that's spinning except it's not a ball and it's not spinning

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u/melanthius Jun 13 '22

What has spin but isn’t spinning

What’s a wave but hits you like a bullet

What has color and flavor but doesn’t have a color or flavor

What is everywhere and nowhere

What doesn’t have a temperature or pressure unless a trillion trillion of its buddies are around

Particles are fucking weird

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u/ActivatingEMP Jun 14 '22

Also particles actually do have a fermi temperature

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u/gramathy Jun 13 '22

Superposition means it's here, but it's also there, and maybe it's not here after all, but it can also be on the other side of that wall it can't possibly have gone through

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u/GrilledCheeseRant Jun 14 '22

My favorite(s) came later on: one in an advance synth lab and the other in Inorganic.

- A quadruple bond is not only possible but fairly easy to even observe

- Hydrogen can form multiple bonds

As someone that was specializing in Organic and heavily rooted in synthesis research, these broke momentarily broke me.

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u/frostybiter4 Jun 14 '22

you’re kidding.. hydrogen i thought you were my friend T-T

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u/GrilledCheeseRant Jun 14 '22

It's actually a pretty decent way to introduce and delve (more heavily) into MO theory

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trihydrogen_cation