Author Archives: Quantum Tom

Libya Ordered Airstrike on Benghazi – BBC

BBC World Service is reporting that the crew of a Libyan Arab Republic Air Force aircraft bailed out of their plane after refusing an order to attack protesters in the besieged city of Benghazi. The big problem with authoritarians is that the objective reality struggles to bubble up to the top. So, even though the average Joe canContinue reading “Libya Ordered Airstrike on Benghazi – BBC”

New Versus Classic Koch

Heres something for your “can this possibly be for real” file this morning. Over at the Buffalo Beast — the former print alt-weekly turned online newspaper founded by onetime editor Matt Taibbi, typically best known for its annual list of “The 50 Most Loathsome Americans” — there appear to be recordings of a phone callContinue reading “New Versus Classic Koch”

Guess What? We Can See the Future

This is an experiment that tests for ESP. It takes about 20 minutes and is run completely by computer. First you will answer a couple of brief questions. Then, on each trial of the experiment, pictures of two curtains will appear on the screen side by side. One of them has a picture behind it;Continue reading “Guess What? We Can See the Future”