o runners- one of which is a talented knitter and one is not- chase each other. When the talented knitter runs in front and is knitting at the same time we can observe that his knitting talent is reduced by an significant amount. With the talent quantum blob theory this would mean that runner 1's talent is trailing the runner with some distance due to inertia. If we now observe Runner 2 (with no talent for knitting) running closely behind runner 1, we can, after careful observation, safely state that he does NOT acquire some of runner 1's knitting talent. It does not "rub off" on him.