The muon-powered, universe-bifurcating, random number machine

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This video has been 4 years in the making… In undergrad I started work on a random number generator that used a geiger tube to generate random pulses and a nixie as the primary display (here's the ancient "it almost works" video: https://youtu.be/dTjmuii5boA). Unfortunately, I couldn't prove it was actually working back then because I couldn't make the geiger tick faster with the test alpha source I had (alpha particles get blocked super-easily). I rebuilt the thing this past summer, and FINALLY got to making the video! I hope you enjoy it!

If you're interested, here's a nice relatively-plain-English summary of the many-worlds-hypothesis (Rick and Morty) and it mentions the competing Copenhagen interpretation (Schrodinger's cat). https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/manyworlds/original.html

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Music in this video: I Dunno by grapes is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/) http://ccmixter.org/files/grapes/16626

Images in this video: Rick and Morty from Rick and Morty on Adult Swim 1925 Model T from ModelTMitch The Rocinante from The Expanse on Syfy/Amazon Prime ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwIGnATzBTg