Rules for Quantum Speed Dating
by Austin DeMarco
Even though this list of rules conflates time travel with quantum superposition, I
can’t fault it overly much given that the entire notion of time is poorly understood in
quantum mechanics.
Do not worry if one of your quantum selves accidentally “kills” your grandfather in a
lovers’ quarrel over your grandmother’s affections. Remember, when the wave function
collapses, only one of your selves will be “real.” Simply reset your parricidal self
and move on.
“Rules for Quantum Speed Dating” by Austin DeMarco, Daily Science Fiction, 4 July 2016 [webzine].