Santa Claus is one of the greatest symbols of Christmas. It is no wonder that throughout our childhood we had no doubt that the good bearded old man really existed. When we grow up we discover that it does not exist. After all, how will Santa Claus deliver billions of gifts to children in every corner of the world?
According to information from the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE), a report published in 2022 suggests that there are approximately 68 million people under the age of 18; This number rises to billions across the planet. If we remove from the list those who did not behave well during the year, there would be millions of children left. So it’s a physically impossible task..
According to Roger Highfield, author of the book ‘Christmas Physics: From Reindeer Aerodynamics to Turkey’s Thermodynamics’, Santa Claus was expected to make approximately 850 million stops to deliver gifts on the night of December 24. It would be impossible to deliver everything in just 24 hours. But he claims that quantum physics can help him complete this challenging task.
“Just because no one has seen it does not mean that it does not exist. Perhaps the reason why Santa Claus was never seen is that, at least that night, he behaved like a quantum phenomenon. In quantum mechanics, Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle tells us that if we know one variable well, we cannot know the other exactly. Experimental high We know how fast Santa will travel, but we don’t know his location,” said energy physicist Daniel Tapia. BBC World.
How does Santa deliver all the gifts?
As Highfield explains in his book, Santa Claus needs to travel at 300,000 kilometers per second, or about 6,000 times the speed of sound, to guarantee the delivery of all gifts; This is impossible in classical physics. But, If the old man enters a state of quantum superposition, it will be possible to make all the children in the world happy as there will be more than one ‘Santa Claus’ delivering gifts at the same time.
Another theory suggests that Santa Claus can control space-time, according to Larry Silverberg, professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at the University of North Carolina in the United States. For example, based on Albert Einstein’s general relativity, he could create a ‘cloud’ in which time would be completely different.. Inside this cloud, time would flow much more slowly, allowing Santa Claus to deliver gifts for months.. Apart from the cloud, the weather would continue as normal and it would be Christmas Day.
Leaving aside quantum and traditional physics theories, Santa Claus can also perform a major logistics operation. “We advise him to use the most advanced technology and ask his elves for help. This is not a job you can do alone,” said Jim Daniell, public relations manager for delivery company UPS. BBC World.
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