Odd O'blography

Quantum Comedy

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Basic Theory

All comedy begins as material in a low energy state defined by comic scientists as not-funny. A spark of humorous creativity may add enough comic energy to elevate not-funny material to a higher quantum level of funny. This process is not guaranteed, however, and insufficient creativity will cause material to lose its humor and revert to the not-funny state. A further infusion of comic energy, known as delivery, is required to elevate material from the funny state to a higher comedy state of hilarious. The delivery mechanism for adding comic energy is the joke. Removal of comic energy is carried out by a complementary process known as poor delivery. Poor delivery can cause material to instantly fall back all the way from hilarious to not-funny.

Duality

This advanced concept deals with the two-fold nature of the unexamined joke. Jokes are comprised of comedy bits whose state is undefined until presented to an audience. An amused audience resolves the bits to a state of funny. Analysis by an objective critic, however, drains the comic energy from the joke and collapses the bits to a not-funny state. This is known as the principle of explanation.

Tunneling

Tunneling is perhaps the strangest concept of quantum comedy. An effect known as the non sequitur can warp the laugh-time continuum and transport comedy bits directly to a state of hilarious along a vector known as the punch line. No one really understands the mechanism of the non sequitur, and its end point seems to be wholly random. The path of a non sequitur is unpredictable, but it often loops back to not-funny.

Dark Matter

No discussion of quantum comedy would be complete without the dark material known as the pun. Comic scientists estimate that as much as 90% of the comedy universe is made up of this dark material. Real comedy does not recognize or interact with the pun in any way. However, the influence of the pun on comedy can be inferred through the groan effect.



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