Comment of the Day
Today’s comment of the day is courtsey of Hussein Toasterhead over at the main Think Progress blog. It concerns John McCain’s contention that the outbreak of hostilities between Russia and Georgia is the first serious international crisis since the end of the Cold War. It’s a bit technical, so to help illustrate, I’ve also provided a picture (lifted from Wikipedia) of probability densities corresponding to the wavefunctions of an electron in a hydrogen atom possessing definite energy (increasing downward: n = 1, 2, 3, …) and angular momentum (increasing across: s, p, d,…). Anyways, here’s Toasterhead to explain it all:
Now that I’ve parsed his statement, “probably serious crisis internationally,” I see where the qualifier lies. It’s the word “probably.” McCain is, of course, referring to quantum conflict, which is the logical successor to the old theory of Newtonian conflict.
While Newtonian law states that conflict is inevitable, quantum conflict theory assigns a probability distribution to the possibilities of an escalation of conflict. This theoretical warfare exists as a series of eigenstates that, due to the Uncertainty Principle, can’t be known until the waveform actually collapses.
Iraq, Afghanistan, DR Congo, Lebanon, Chad, Sudan - these are all collapsed-waveform conflicts. We know the forms they take. But Russia-Georgia, Colombia-Venezuela, India-Pakistan, China-East Turkestan, Israel-Iran - these are all merely quantum wars.
For now.
Keep that in mind next time you hear some liberal say that John McCain doesn’t know what he’s talking about. His understanding of quantum national security policy is just too sophisticated for the typical pea-brained progressive.
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August 15th, 2008 at 4:38 pm
Hilarious.
August 15th, 2008 at 4:57 pm
This is the one part of quantum mechanics I dread teaching. Not for any intellectual reason mind you. But because I’m a perve and find these sorts of depictions of electron probability clouds to look like various parts of the human body that are at least tangentially involved in teh sex. I need to be able to keep a straight face and keep it clean when teaching the stuff, though.
August 15th, 2008 at 5:05 pm
So Werner Heisenberg’s out driving and he gets pulled over by a traffic cop.
The cop says, “Do you know how fast you were going?” and Heisenberg replies, “No, but I know exactly where I am.”
August 15th, 2008 at 5:30 pm
Nice tits you got there boy.
August 15th, 2008 at 7:14 pm
God does not play dice with the universe.
But McCain plays dice with nuclear war.
August 15th, 2008 at 8:31 pm
Lets see my choice is John McCain or that smart black man Barack Obama?
McCain who does not know how to use a computer but is willing to learn if we elect him – I’ll just vote for that smart black man.
My Choices are: John McCain who says the economic downturn is psychological? - Na! I’ll vote for the smart black man.
McCain who says you are better off under George Bush? - Nope I’ll vote for the smart black man.
Mc Cain who wants to continue killing more people looking for weapons of mass destruction that do not exist? - Gee! I’ll vote for the smart black man.
McCain who believes that we should stay the course but is not willing to support the people he puts in harms way. - I’ll take a chance on the smart black man.
Should I vote for a man that does not know that 9-11 was caused by Osama Bin Laden not Sedam Hussein? - Easy! I’ll vote for the smart black man.
Vote for the man who does not know if the Sunnis or Sheits are our enemies? - No way I’ll vote for the smart black man.
Vote for the man who helped put our government on the China, Saudi Arabia credit card? - Not a chance I’ll vote for the smart black man.
Vote for the man with the worst temper in the Senate to have his finger on the nuclear button? - No way - I’ll vote for the smart black man.
August 15th, 2008 at 9:07 pm
Um….Hussein is a fracking toaster. We are listening to him because…?
August 17th, 2008 at 12:29 am
because he’s using logic, duh!
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