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04 December 2007

Dang, Santa's fast!

"He has 34 microseconds at each stop" to slide down the chimney, drop off the presents, nibble on his cookies and milk and hop back on his sleigh, Larsson said.

Santa's reindeer must travel at a speed of 5,800 kilometers (3,604 miles) per second to make the trip on time.

post by: BoringPostcards at: 19:48 | 3 comments

Of course - this is assuming that santa is a particle as opposed to a wave / quantum particle.
If we apply Heisenbergs theory of Causality to Santa, and assume that he can be expressed as a quantum wave, then not only can he be in more than one place at a time, but it would also be impossible to work out either (a) what he is and (b) where he is at the same time. As we already know what he is, this would explain why nobody has ever seen him.

posted by seanyboy 04 December | 19:52

Heisenberg's Theory of Clausality?

posted by wendell 04 December | 20:09

wendell wins the thread.

posted by qvantamon 04 December | 21:34

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