# The adventures of Quantum Man **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 2, 2013, 8:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-adventures-of-quantum-man/662431 "2013-07-02T08:44:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![LAV25](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/97f17d/32.png) [@LAV25](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LAV25)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2013, 10:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-adventures-of-quantum-man/662431/21 "2013-07-04T10:30:26Z")
Cracked had an article on this a while ago. [Quantum Immortality](http://www.cracked.com/article_20109_5-mind-blowing-academic-theories-as-taught-by-classic-movies_p2.html) ---
**Author:** ![Mijin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mijin/32/9369_2.png) [@Mijin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mijin)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2013, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-adventures-of-quantum-man/662431/22 "2013-07-04T11:58:54Z")
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**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2013, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-adventures-of-quantum-man/662431/23 "2013-07-04T12:47:54Z")
> [@Ethilrist](#): > > Cabbie: We’re heading south on 47th street at exactly 25 miles per hour. > Quantum Man: Great… now we’re lost. I like this! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![MacLir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9e8a1a/32.png) [@MacLir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacLir)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2013, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-adventures-of-quantum-man/662431/24 "2013-07-08T15:38:30Z")
The webcomic “Wayward Sons” just introduced a character whose power is affecting luck like that. His name is K’rma. (Wayward Sons’ premise is a group of beings from another universe who were tunneled into ours. The power fluxes involved gave them alterations in physical appearance and what passes for superpowers. They were worshipped.) ---
**Author:** ![Napier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ce73a5/32.png) [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2013, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-adventures-of-quantum-man/662431/25 "2013-07-08T19:06:37Z")
If these events always fall in his favor, wrongdoers just pop before he needs to hear about it. ---
**Author:** ![eltro102](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@eltro102](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eltro102)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2013, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-adventures-of-quantum-man/662431/26 "2013-07-08T23:19:04Z")
Reminds of the sci-fi Terry Prachett book [The Dark Side of the Sun](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dark_Side_of_the_Sun), in which the main dude always has luck in his favor because probability math and anti-death food ---
**Author:** ![eltro102](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@eltro102](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eltro102)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2013, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-adventures-of-quantum-man/662431/27 "2013-07-08T23:24:42Z")
> [@Mijin](#): > > Let’s say _he_ decides when a power will be useful. > > So in one episode he tunnels through a wall to save a hostage. Turns out though, that the whole thing was a trap and Quantum Man has actually just tunneled into the Tower of London. Not only that, but the crown jewels are missing and security cameras have already got him on tape. > What next for our intrepid hero?! quantum man causes a vacuum metastability event because long words which closes this unvierse and creates another in which the CCTV was blanked by cosmic rays ---
**Author:** ![Animastryfe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8797f3/32.png) [@Animastryfe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Animastryfe)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2013, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-adventures-of-quantum-man/662431/28 "2013-07-09T01:09:10Z")
So he’ll always get the eigenstate that will benefit him the most? Never mind crime fighting; have him create a working theory of quantum gravity, invent advanced molecular nanotechnology, solve all of the Millennium Prize mathematics problems, cure all forms of cancer, cure aging, cure diseases in general, somehow luck his way to world peace, and make humanity into a space-faring race. ---
**Author:** ![Mijin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mijin/32/9369_2.png) [@Mijin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mijin)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2013, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-adventures-of-quantum-man/662431/29 "2013-07-09T03:29:12Z")
> [@eltro102](#): > > quantum man causes a vacuum metastability event because long words which closes this unvierse and creates another in which the CCTV was blanked by cosmic rays > [@Animastryfe](#): > > Never mind crime fighting; have him create a working theory of quantum gravity, invent advanced molecular nanotechnology, solve all of the Millennium Prize mathematics problems, cure all forms of cancer, cure aging, cure diseases in general, somehow luck his way to world peace, and make humanity into a space-faring race. The OP was not clear, but I have been very clear since then. It doesn’t mean he has perfect luck or godlike powers. He has single quantum events happen and those single events must be the same for all particles involved. So having a block of particles tunnel through something, or all not emit a beta particle for the next n seconds is fine. Affecting the course of trillions of particles in trillions of different ways, not ok. And no it’s not that he gets to manually choose eigenstates, or for some bizarre reason has precognition so knows what eigenstate will lead to what future. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-adventures-of-quantum-man/662431.md?page=1)