59: Quantum Physics & Gossip

Can Tom finally take on his science communication white whale: Quantum Physics??  And what is gossip, what did it mean in the past, and could it actually be... good??  Find out on a very special MaxFunDrive episode!See all the MaxFunDrive events, pins, and links here!Timestamps:(00:00:00) Intro(00:06:29) Quantum Physics(01:00:14) MaxFunDrive!(01:09:08) Gossip(01:44:14) OutroSupport us with a Max Fun Membership!Join our Discord!We also learn about:One minute of self indulgence, another bit?? when bugs gossip, Moby Dick was warning about the perils of teaching quantum physics, the word quantum is boring,  every grocery list is quantum (except Ella’ infinite and continuous grocery list), Ocean’s 11 is a quantum movie, quantum physics is 100 years old, why doesn’t my toaster blast me with radiation, Lord Rayleigh is literally the why is the sky blue guy, Planck really didn’t want to be right, “an act of desperation”, you’re taught quantum physics in high school chemistry, Heisenberg v Pauli v Schrodinger beef, fully just saying jackass, even smart people hate quantum physics, “nobody feels perfectly comfortable with it”, YOU ALREADY KNOW QUANTUM PHYSICS, Newton has been redeemed! we almost called photons “quantums”, some of quantum physics is bullshit but not all of it is, what has quantum physics ever done for us? we do actually have a quantum phone and quantum machines at the hospital, Quantum Nuclear MRI machines, sometimes it’s nice to remember that, Schrodinger's Cat is the worst first thing to learn, “not a real experiment, does not prove anything, does not match physical reality, and was intentionally designed to be absurd”, it’s like learning about vision through only optical illusions, “but where’s the weird?”, making peace with your whale, as long as you support us we will live forever, no Ella, there’s nothing wrong with you, “debrief”, gossip can be positive! GODSIB MEANT GOD SIBLING, you wouldn’t bang your godbrother, Tom you don’t have kids, in the 12th century you could leave your kids to watch Dune 2 whenever you wanted, a gossip is someone you can tell anything to, gossips were backup for lecherous men, gossip was a neutral term for an essential supportive community, gossiping about witches gossiping “that’s gossip as well babe”, spoiler for most social issues it’s about class and power,  scold’s bridle, “I love idle talk, I’m a witch”, coffee houses are just gossip houses, “oooh yeah, evolution and gossip, this is good stuff”, we wouldn’t be humans if we weren’t sociable and idle talking, gossiping is like primate grooming, animals would LOVE to gossip if they had language, I don’t care what you think as long as it’s about me, work stopping gossip seems neutral but isn’t, I’m not gossiping I’m receiving evaluative information about a colleague, it’s good the science doesn’t show bullying is cool actually, most gossip is neutral gossip, I wouldn’t compliment my boss - only in gossip, you think it’s not gossip cause it’s about Tom Brady?? It is!! it’s all preamble for review corner.Sources:Melville's Book on Quantum PhysicsDan Styer's Amazing Brief History of Quantum PhysicsDan Styer's Textbook "The Strange World of Quantum Mechanics"Futurama Quantum JokeChad Orzel on the Origin of Quantum PhysicsHelge Kragh's History of Planck as "The Reluctant Revolutionary"Heisenberg's Letter to Pauli (s/o to u/restricteddata)Gilbert Lewis' Naming of the PhotonChad Orzel "What Has Quantum Mechanics Ever Done For Us?"Old ComputersNobel Prize Committee on Bloch's WorkDr. Baird's Great Analysis of Schrodinger's Cat---Gossip and Resistance Among the Medieval PeasantryFrom the Whisper Network to #MeToo—Framing Gender, Gossip and Sexual HarassmentEnvy, Poison, and Death: Women on Trial in Classical Athens, Chapter 3.2The Psychological Anatomy of GossipTell Me the Gossip: The Self-Evaluative Function of Receiving Gossip About OthersBBC Worklife: The Surprising Benefits of GossipGossip in Evolutionary PerspectiveHow the “Gossip” Became a WomanGossip and Gender Differences: a Content Analysis ApproachBBC Worklife: Why Gossiping at Work is Good For You Thanks to everyone who participated in this year's MaxFunDrive! Still want to get in on the action? Follow this link to support this show (and get in on our limited-time keychain sale to benefit the Center for Constitutional Rights): https://maximumfun.org/joinlearn