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By: 4 of 7

4 of 7 — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 01:36:57 +0000

#35 – el placko,
I believe in God (with a big ‘G’) and in science (with a small ‘s’).
After science answers all the easy questions like ‘How?’, ‘When?’, and ‘Where?’, the really hard questions like ‘Who?’, ‘Why?’ and ‘What next?’ will still remain.

By: el polacko

el polacko — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 04:36:20 +0000

wait a minute ! you mean the earth isn’t flat ?!? baby jesus lied to me !
but seriously, folks…i’ll never understand why the religiously inclined feel that ‘god’ is in any way diminished by our learning about the complexities of creation. seems like the ‘trippier’ things are, the more awesome ‘god’ is, no ?

By: 5 of 7

5 of 7 — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 01:31:00 +0000

It is said that if the Universe were ever completely understood it would instantly be replaced with something else even more confusing and inexplicable. Others say that this has already occurred.

By: Corona

Corona — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 20:10:07 +0000

It blinded me.

By: zzyzx

zzyzx — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 18:14:27 +0000

I still have absolutely no idea what’s going on here.

By: Mikee

Mikee — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:52:00 +0000

Science. It Works, Bitches.

http://xkcd.com/54/

By: Son of Bob

Son of Bob — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:11:40 +0000

Apparently, the designation “scientist” is only awarded to liberal hacks looking for government grants these days anyway. So, there’s no reason to pay any attention to them. Kinsey the pedophile was considered a “scientist”. The morons who signed on to the global warming hoax were “scientists”. The guys who took out their personal vendetta against Pluto by renaming it a piece of ice were “scientists”. Meanwhile, Fred Thompson is not a scientist, and is almost always right.

By: ss396

ss396 — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:11:37 +0000

The quantum physicists have chosen something that they can get really excited about, they’ve invented a cool lexicography, it doesn’t have any effect on the population at large, and nobody can see what they are actually doing. Sounds a lot like the folks in my office planning their weekend.

I keep thinking back to Ptolemy, where the orbital equations got so wild and hairy that nobody could understand them, and they had to keep inventing ~~bull5h!t~~ new concepts just to make it all work. Then Copernicus came along and said “Hey, it’s all pretty easy if you put the sun at the center.” Centuries later they were still burning people over that. Not so different from our scientists today, I’m thinking (particularly the AGW boys). Can anyone spell “house of cards?”

By: seanmahair

seanmahair — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:09:51 +0000

Jimmy, you are light years ahead of Jimma’, you darlin’ man you.

Rick, Jimma’ Carter is not worthy of hoeing Jimmy’s garden, of course he (Carter) is so full of horse manure it might help next years yield.

Quantum physics: Gods revenge on people who think they’re smarter then He is. They’re just not smart enough to get the joke.

By: shiggz

shiggz — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 11:43:54 +0000

So apparently Obama has played more golf in 9 months then Bush did in 3 years. Ill anxiously await Michael Moores fiery condemnation. In fairness to Obama, Bush didn’t have two young probably bratty daughters or Queen Michelle to share the house with.

By: ussjimmycarter

ussjimmycarter — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 10:40:09 +0000

When I was in school we tried to wedgie as many science students as possible because we all knew they were really stupid…

By: Dave

Dave — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 04:38:57 +0000

I’ve always wondered how many of these professional students, er, scientists, get funding year after year to finance their pursuit of knowing the unknowable. “The Big Crunch”? A gazillion years from now, maybe? If they applied their fund-raising talents (and supposedly big brains) to the real world, we might just see some significant social progress aside from the techno-gadgets we’re bombarded with every day. “The Big Bang”? That’s like analyzing the gift you got on your 2nd birthday and spending the rest of your life explaining how it turned you into the person you are today. Of course, on someone else’s dime. Jabberwocky!

By: CosmicConservative

CosmicConservative — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 04:05:48 +0000

Here’s the deal Frank. It’s all about free will. Even if God plays dice with the universe, if the dice are purely bound by causation down to the quantum level, then there’s no such thing as a random die roll. God was reading one of Einstein’s papers for a laugh one day, and decided “Crap! He’s about figured it out! When this deterministic thing hits the fan it’s gonna clobber the whole ‘free will’ argument and mankind will return to its evil, wicked ways and blame everything on physics! I don’t wanna destroy the world AGAIN! I kinda like the Grand Canyon! Some of my best work. Besides I promised Noah, and he can be a pain in the neck at Bingo night.” So he thought about it and decided the best thing to do was foam things up at the quantum level so Einstein couldn’t foul up all his plans. Once he did that, he sent his latest prophet, Heisenberg, to go yank Einstein’s chain a little.

By the way, God loves quantum mechanics. But string theory just cracks him up.

By: Jim

Jim — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 03:23:21 +0000

(grumble,grumble grumble…) More o’ that durn satire stuff.

By: 4 of 7

4 of 7 — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 03:17:00 +0000

Don’t play God, He always wins.

By: Jimmy

Jimmy — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:25:16 +0000

“God does not play dice with the universe ever since the universe got caught with loaded dice.” -Live Free Or Die

That is classical (physics) and very funny. Harvey would call for “high praise.”

And Rick, I might be Jimmy Carter on any given observation of me.

By: Terry_Jim

Terry_Jim — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:05:35 +0000

‘Quantum- _________’ just sounds cool.

Obama could pass just about all of his socialist agenda if he would call it ‘Quantum Health Care’, ‘Quantum Fiscal Collapse’, ‘Quantum Surrender’ .
See how intelligent, scholarly, and theoretical that sounds?

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As for Quantum Physics, 2 rules apply:
1- Don’t sweat the small stuff
2- It’s all small stuff.

By: Carl

Carl — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 23:55:30 +0000

I’ve always wondered why Schroedinger’s cat itself doesn’t count as an observer. Judging from my cats reaction to the laser pointer, they’re pretty good at observing at least SOME things.

By: 4 of 7

4 of 7 — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 23:45:33 +0000

Scientists can’t get grants for confirming stuff they already know.
Like, “Hey! E really does equal MC squared! Cool! Pay me!”

So they keep stretching the boundaries, like those two magicians in the movie, The Prestige, until someone gets hurt or most of Europe gets sucked through a wormhole. Whatever.

Remember; in case a Big Budget Disaster Movie breaks out, try to avoid national monuments or famous buildings.

By: Chris

Chris — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 21:52:35 +0000

I can’t tell if Frank is totally joking or not because if he is, this isn’t one of his funnier pieces. I hope he is, though, because quantum uncertainty, as C.S. Lewis wrote about in “God in the Dock”, is actually a piece of evidence that supports the existence of God. Plus, microchips wouldn’t work if quantum theory was all nonsense, which would make it difficult to read Frank’s posts.

By: Live Free Or Die

Live Free Or Die — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 21:45:39 +0000

The controversy is that Quantum Physics! has reduced God to a theoretical subatomic particle. And why would God name himself Higgs Boson?
God does not play dice with the universe ever since the universe got caught with loaded dice.
Frank is right, I don’t want the Public School System teaching that Quantum Physics! is normal, and moral, when it’s not.. Does this make me Quantum Pysics!-phobic?

By: Rickur

Rickur — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 21:41:15 +0000

Uh…wheres the football blog?

By: Sgt Relic

Sgt Relic — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 21:31:12 +0000

Did anyone here lose a Higgs boson? I found one but it didn’t have a collar.

By: saveacountryeatalib

saveacountryeatalib — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 21:24:30 +0000

I think a quantum physicistist could do way more than a normal physicistist. At least a quantum more per hour. Not too shabby. On the other hand I worked with a physicistist who couldn’t even find the bathroom, so his ability to find a non-visible, Bible bashing particle is highly doubtful.