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| title = Prairie | | title = Prairie | ||
| image = prairie.png | | image = prairie.png | ||
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| titletext = Colorado is working to develop coherent amber waves, which would allow them to finally destroy Kansas and Nebraska with a devastating but majestic grain laser. | | titletext = Colorado is working to develop coherent amber waves, which would allow them to finally destroy Kansas and Nebraska with a devastating but majestic grain laser. | ||
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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
− | This comic | + | This comic is a reference to the song ''America The Beautiful'', which contains the line "...amber waves of grain...". In Quantum mechanics, the wave-particle duality explains that particles can act like both particles and waves. Using an adaptation of quantum theory, the waves of grain behave like particles of grain when observed. |
− | In | + | In order to create a laser such as the one mentioned in the image text, the movement of the grain has to be interpreted as a wave motion. |
− | + | ==Transcript== | |
+ | [Girl and Cueball are standing in a wheatfield] | ||
− | + | Girl: Well, when we observe them, they become amber ''particles'' of grain. | |
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− | {{comic discussion}} | + | {{comic discussion}} |
[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | ||
[[Category:Comics featuring Megan]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Megan]] | ||
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