• Zagorath
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    18 hours ago

    I took physics in high school, so I’m basically a qualified expert. I can confirm that quantum mechanics tell us that this is possible. Exceedingly unlikely, but possible.

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      14 hours ago

      From what i know its also possible for a hand to phase through a table but even if someone would slap a table from the start to end of the universe it would be unlikely to happen (i forgot the thickness of the table)

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      16 hours ago

      The satistical chances of every single atom in your body just randomly dispersing and you vanishing is not 0. Just a very, very small percentage.

      The statistical chances of only a spot on your body doing that is near infinitely more likely than the first scenario tho.

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        9 hours ago

        The statistical chance using our current models and understanding.

        We have never observed such a large amount of atoms dispersing through quantum effects simultaneously. There may be some process we are unaware of preventing this.

        Which is to say, there is a non-zero chance the chance of this scenario is exactly zero.