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Originally Posted by Nugit
A quantum leap, although it sounds pretty big is actually the smallest possible change. Sorry address such a small detail, I just had to read it over again to get what you meant.
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I think the phrase relates to the old show "Quantum Leap", where a "quantum leap" was anything but the "smallest possible change".
Also a quantum leap, even in physics terms, implies a spatial discontinuity. The particle is believed to not physically exist between one location and the next location. It doesn't just move fast from one spot to another, it was at one place before and suddenly it's at a different place. A discrete non-continuous change has occurred such that one cannot track the path from start to finish.
This is how the term "quantum leap" when describing big differences came about. It refers to a point of discontinuity between the origin point and the end point such that one cannot clearly understand how one got from A to B.
Just to nit-pick right back atcha.