Talk:Quantum

Having to hand a forum of clever people, I wonder if anyone can answer a question that's bothered me for years. If a quantum is the smallest possible unit or increment of anything, and a "quantum jump" is the smallest unit of energy, what in the myriad hells is a quantum leap? --Old Dickens 01:49, 23 October 2010 (CEST)

I think it's similar to the trousers of time - only the minutest thing has changed, or smallest change in thinking has been made but the difference that tiny change has made to the universe or the inhabitants thereof is enormous. Somewhat like the Abbot of Oi-Dong putting the same thoughts through his brain in a different way and the mysteries of existence opening up like a flower before him. But I agree it's a stupid phrase.--Knmatt 22:26, 24 October 2010 (CEST)