A Shadow of the Former Self

An exercise in thought.

They are right behind you

This is just for a bit of fun.

To kick things off, a gem from quantum physics: A particle exists simultaneously in all positions where the chance of it being is greater than zero (I hope I got that right).

Now lets apply that to a person (could be anything really, like your car keys) and see where we end up. They’re just a whole lot of particles, right?

  • If you are looking at a person then you are looking at the place where they are, and all other places are where they are not.
  • If you are not looking at that person then you are looking at the place where they are not, and all other places could be where they are.
  • Then the place where you are not looking can be a place where that person is or is not.
  • So, if you are not looking at that person, then it is certain that they are elsewhere.
  • But there is a chance that they could be in any place that you are not looking.
  • And since they exist simultaneously in all places that it is possible for them to exist.
  • If there is a chance that person is behind you, they are.
  • Therefore, if you do not see that person in front of you, they are behind you (or just outside of your vision if that makes you a little more paranoid).

Now that I think of it, this works perfectly for the weeping angels (don’t blink, because then they are EVERYWHERE AT ONCE).

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