Schrödinger’s King: Paul Rudd challenges Stephen Hawking to a game of Quantum Chess

A bit offtopic. But the video by Caltech’s Institute for Quantum Information and Matter in association with Trouper Productions is pretty darn funny. And it’s about Quantum Physics, so there’s my excuse for posting. Furthermore, it’s narrated by Keanu Reeves, who gives his best to sound like a bad imitation of Keanu Reeves. You have to like it.

The game is real and the stakes are high as the future of humanity hangs in the balance. Can Paul Rudd, an actor, beat Stephen Hawking, one of the greatest minds of our generation, in a game of chess that will determine the future of humanity? Most likely not. Unless…

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