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The comic depicts [[Cueball]] and [[Megan]] simultaneously thinking about each other thinking about each other thinking about each other etc etc. this is one of the many comics that feature meta things. It may be a deliberate prelude to [[818|the next comic]].
 
The comic depicts [[Cueball]] and [[Megan]] simultaneously thinking about each other thinking about each other thinking about each other etc etc. this is one of the many comics that feature meta things. It may be a deliberate prelude to [[818|the next comic]].
  
The title text refers to the aspect of {{w|Quantum Mechanics}} where a system can exist in more than one state until it is observed. An observation is required in order to "collapse" the system into a particular state; the {{w|thought experiment}} of {{w|Schrödinger's cat}} is a popular way of explaining this concept. The title text proposes that, if a universe needed to be observed to exist, as with a quantum state, it would be a pretty sorry universe indeed, as who would exist to observe it if it needed to be observed in the first place?
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The title text refers to the aspect of {{w|Quantum Mechanics}} where a system can exist in more than one state until it is observed. An observation is required in order to "collapse" the system into a particular state; the {{w|thought experiment}} of {{w|Schrödinger's cat}} is a popular way of explaining this concept. The title text proposes that, without someone to observe the universe, it would not exist.
  
 
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