May 15, 2024
#2933: Elementary Physics Paths explain
[Cueball gestures at a particle, represented as a dot with motion lines around it.]
Cueball: Everything is made of tiny particles. If I understand those, I’ll understand everything!
[The comic splits into two branches.]
[Condensed Matter Physics branch]
[Cueball is fretting over a cloud of particles.]
Cueball: Oh no.
Cueball: Simple particles can combine to produce complex behaviors.
[Quantum Field Theory branch]
[Cueball is fretting over the same particle as in the first panel.]
Cueball: Oh no.
Cueball: These particles aren’t simple!