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: You can fix that yourself? click the edit button and replace it. That's... the whole point of wikis i'm pretty sure. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.79.83|162.158.79.83]] 14:36, 10 December 2022 (UTC)Bumpf
 
: You can fix that yourself? click the edit button and replace it. That's... the whole point of wikis i'm pretty sure. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.79.83|162.158.79.83]] 14:36, 10 December 2022 (UTC)Bumpf
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When I first read the comic, I was confused about Randall (Ms. Lenhart) describing quantum orbitals correctly. See, I knew the real history of science, so my brain autocorrected it to read that we used to think ''electrons'' had elliptical orbits. I had to look three times before I even saw the inversion. [[User:Nitpicking|Nitpicking]] ([[User talk:Nitpicking|talk]]) 16:28, 10 December 2022 (UTC)

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Like the Quantum Moon from Outer Wilds. DanielLC (talk) 06:30, 10 December 2022 (UTC)

The lead sentence needs correcting: ELECTRONS orbit the nucleus, not ATOMS orbit the nucleus (talk) 08:54, 10 December 2022 (UTC)172.70.210.49 08:56, 10 December 2022 (UTC)

Fixed. —While False (museum | talk | contributions | logs | rights | printable version | page information | what links there | related changes | Google search | current time: 17:09) 09:10, 10 December 2022 (UTC)

Also, the electrons ORBIT, not REVOLVE. (talk) 09:01, 10 December 2022 (UTC)172.70.210.49 09:01, 10 December 2022 (UTC)

You can fix that yourself? click the edit button and replace it. That's... the whole point of wikis i'm pretty sure. 162.158.79.83 14:36, 10 December 2022 (UTC)Bumpf

When I first read the comic, I was confused about Randall (Ms. Lenhart) describing quantum orbitals correctly. See, I knew the real history of science, so my brain autocorrected it to read that we used to think electrons had elliptical orbits. I had to look three times before I even saw the inversion. Nitpicking (talk) 16:28, 10 December 2022 (UTC)