Via the Improbable Research Blog (the essential resource for the sillier end of science), we learn of the latest advance in quackery quantum theory: the unhappening machine.
The improbable crew (or at least Martin Gardner – no, not that one. I hope) show us this figure, from a previous report that showed how to turn something into its opposite:
After careful perusal, it is clear that you move between mind and matter by changing the shape of your nose.
Matter’s nose has a serious nasal hair problem. If you squint.
But more seriously, they’re joking, right? They do realise that ≡≠=?
I’ve often suspected that wasabi has spooky quantum effects, and now I have a mechanism! Nothing makes me involuntarily change the shape of my nose than a good dose of wasabi.
Do you also have to squint very, very hard?