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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
− | + | This is a pun on the {{w|Pauli exclusion principle}}, a principle that two identical {{w|Fermion|fermions}} (particles with half-integer spin like electrons) can not be in the same quantum state at the same time and location. | |
− | In the | + | In this case, the guests are the electrons, only two people can share a single room (or {{w|Atomic orbital|orbital}}, describing the probability of finding an electron in a given space). But the different spins here are just the different {{w|XY sex-determination system|chromosomes}} of females and males. The roommate, female or male, has to occupy an other orbital, because there are only two available spin states possible for fermions: +1/2 and -1/2. |
− | The title text jokes about drunken party-goers, | + | The title text jokes about drunken party-goers, ignoring the Pauli principle, partying and sleeping together with many people in the living room. The roommate ends up in the hall lounge. |
==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
:[Cueball is holding up a pointer in front of a diagram of a dorm apartment. On the diagram, there are two connected pairs of dots in each bedroom, and one dot on the couch.] | :[Cueball is holding up a pointer in front of a diagram of a dorm apartment. On the diagram, there are two connected pairs of dots in each bedroom, and one dot on the couch.] | ||
:Cueball: Thus, once all the dorm bedrooms are occupied by romantic pairs, additional roommates are forced into less restful "living room couch" orbitals. | :Cueball: Thus, once all the dorm bedrooms are occupied by romantic pairs, additional roommates are forced into less restful "living room couch" orbitals. | ||
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:The Pauli Sexclusion Principle | :The Pauli Sexclusion Principle | ||
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[[Category:Logic]] | [[Category:Logic]] | ||
[[Category:Sex]] | [[Category:Sex]] | ||
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