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Especially when one remembers that the meaning of the term quantum is the
smallest discernible amount. new Age folks sometimes think it means the
opposite, as in 'a quantum leap.'
Lawrence
> Dawkins is right on the money. "Quantum" seems to be a popular
> adjective to
> attach to a lot of goofy ideas making them more trendy in pop
> culture. It's
> like a vague allusion to QM has hybridized with various kooky pet
> theories.
>
> Dawkins says some similar stuff to the above in _Unweaving the Rainbow_
> which was probably cryptomnesically bubbling below the surface in
> my mnemon
> store when I made some casual jokes about a "quantum" (or anti-"quantum")
> filter not so long ago. A rough list offered by Dawkins (in _UtR_,
> paperback, p 188) includes "quantum healing", "quantum
> psychology", "quantum
> responsibility", "quantum morality", "quantum aesthetics", "quantum
> immortality", and "quantum theology". Dawkins laments that
> "quantum caring"
> was absent :-)
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