Clever humor, even if Ruben got the scientific details wrong..The uncertainty principle applies to “complementary” variables (things that can be measured). But the complement of location is momentum, not weight. The complement of weight (which is proportional to mass, which equates to energy) is time. So (accepting the same exaggeration which makes this comic funny), weighing the car shouldn’t affect the mechanic’s knowledge of where it is, but could explain his uncertainty regarding when it will be ready.
jimmjonzz Premium Member about 9 years ago
I WANT THIS AS A FRAMED ARCHIVAL QUALITY PRINT… AND YES, I KNOW I’M YELLING!
NeedaChuckle Premium Member about 9 years ago
Heisenberg’s (not Walter White) uncertainty principle states you can’t examine something and know its position at the same time.
PoodleGroomer about 9 years ago
I saw it in back, and it wasn’t there when I looked again.
Packratjohn Premium Member about 9 years ago
Schrodinger’s Car?
stev0 about 9 years ago
To paraphrase Einstein, God doesn’t put fuzzy dice on the rear view mirror of the universe.
tim.lowell about 9 years ago
I both loved and hated this strip.
MeGoNow Premium Member about 9 years ago
Well, I also left a cat in the trunk. Is he okay?
dougsathome about 9 years ago
Your car disappeared and reappeared in some other part of the universe.
gammaguy about 9 years ago
Clever humor, even if Ruben got the scientific details wrong..The uncertainty principle applies to “complementary” variables (things that can be measured). But the complement of location is momentum, not weight. The complement of weight (which is proportional to mass, which equates to energy) is time. So (accepting the same exaggeration which makes this comic funny), weighing the car shouldn’t affect the mechanic’s knowledge of where it is, but could explain his uncertainty regarding when it will be ready.
PoodleGroomer about 9 years ago
Quantum coupled molecule tires all rotate at the same slow speed on the highway at rush hour.