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attacks on Iran by the U.S. are scheduled for August if the report in the Asia Times is to be believed

According to various worldwide "media outlets" they've been scheduled about 10 times already.

you are the media you consume.

by MillMan (millguy at gmail) on Mon Jun 9th, 2008 at 02:08:57 AM EST
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And we here were fretting about an October surprise for the 2006 elections.

This Iran thing is like the paradox of the unexpected hanging.

When the capital development of a country becomes a by-product of the activities of a casino, the job is likely to be ill-done. — John M. Keynes

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Mon Jun 9th, 2008 at 02:10:29 AM EST
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it will happen unexpectedly to anyone? So following that logic, as long as we constantly predict and speculate it to happen at a certain time, it will not occur?

Great! Continue!

by Nomad on Mon Jun 9th, 2008 at 09:33:51 AM EST
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Inverse quantum politics - the outcome remains unknown as long as it continues to be observed.
by ThatBritGuy (thatbritguy (at) googlemail.com) on Tue Jun 10th, 2008 at 11:06:34 AM EST
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Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: Quantum Zeno effect
The quantum Zeno effect is a quantum mechanical phenomenon first predicted by soviet physicist Leonid Khalfin in 1958.[1] Later it was described by George Sudarshan and Baidyanaith Misra of the University of Texas in 1977.[2] It describes the situation in which an unstable particle, if observed continuously, will never decay. This occurs because every measurement causes the wavefunction to "collapse" to a pure eigenstate of the measurement basis. In the context of this effect, an "observation" can simply be the absorption of a particle, with no observer in any conventional sense.


When the capital development of a country becomes a by-product of the activities of a casino, the job is likely to be ill-done. — John M. Keynes
by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Tue Jun 10th, 2008 at 11:15:22 AM EST
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The quantum equivalent of "a watched kettle never boils?"

"It's a mystery to me - the game commences, For the usual fee - plus expenses, Confidential information - it's in my diary..."
by Frank Schnittger (mail Frankschnittger at hot dotty communists) on Tue Jun 10th, 2008 at 06:13:27 PM EST
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Precisely.

When the capital development of a country becomes a by-product of the activities of a casino, the job is likely to be ill-done. — John M. Keynes
by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Wed Jun 11th, 2008 at 02:18:55 AM EST
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