Model describes universe with no big bang, no beginning, and no end

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51. Quantum Republicans

Early in the twentieth century, scientists discovered an amazing property of light. In one set of circumstances light acted as if it were made of particles yet, incredibly, in different circumstances, that same light acted as if it were not a particle at all but a wave instead! They called it the Quantum Duality of Light and how light can be two different things at the same time remains one of the deepest mysteries of the universe even today.

Republicans now claim to have discovered the Quantum Duality of Tax Breaks. According to them, when taxes are reduced on middle and lower income people, without compensating layoffs and cuts, deficits will rise and the entire economy will collapse into a bottomless black hole. Amazingly, however, when taxes are reduced on the richest few, the exact opposite is true! In that case, the national deficit will be magically reduced and the economy will shine even without offsetting revenue! No need to end subsidies for corporations or close tax loopholes for the very richest few!

In truth, it's totally illogical and against all reason to believe that shifting most of the wealth to the uppermost classes benefits all the others as well. However, the fact that so many Republicans believe this to be true raises another long debated scientific possibility. Could it be that there is a Parallel Universe? Is it possible there is an Alternate Reality where some folks dwell and the “normal” rules of logic and reason do not apply?


From the Providence Journal a year or so ago