Comments on: Weapons In The Mind http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/06/12/weapons-in-the-mind/ Random samplings from a universe of ideas. Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:28:04 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Qubit http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/06/12/weapons-in-the-mind/comment-page-1/#comment-17480 Qubit Tue, 27 Jun 2006 22:10:06 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/06/12/weapons-in-the-mind/#comment-17480 Imagine: A weapon that can turn a Human being into a bomb. One that can collapse all wave functions into one, one that leads a person into to taking in, so much energy, into the mind, that there consciousness meets it's anti-matter version, of it's self. The explosion, I believe could have an unlimited energy release. Current knowledge of the universe could probably produce, an explosion about the size of an atomic bomb, although you would need a Quantum mask (and only chance could make such a thing) to hide your mind from the universe. Imagine that, a man walking in a city with no weapon or bomb, then levels it with just his mind. You can destroy your self's completely, if you wish and no one or no thing will stop you. We all have minds that can, not only create a story that can start world war 3, but destroy the universe, the multi-verse, everything and who is going to stop us... No one! No one at all, so go ahead go blow your self's up! Imagine:

A weapon that can turn a Human being into a bomb. One that can collapse all wave functions into one, one that leads a person into to taking in, so much energy, into the mind, that there consciousness meets it’s anti-matter version, of it’s self. The explosion, I believe could have an unlimited energy release. Current knowledge of the universe could probably produce, an explosion about the size of an atomic bomb, although you would need a Quantum mask (and only chance could make such a thing) to hide your mind from the universe.

Imagine that, a man walking in a city with no weapon or bomb, then levels it with just his mind. You can destroy your self’s completely, if you wish and no one or no thing will stop you.

We all have minds that can, not only create a story that can start world war 3, but destroy the universe, the multi-verse, everything and who is going to stop us… No one! No one at all, so go ahead go blow your self’s up!

]]> By: PK http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/06/12/weapons-in-the-mind/comment-page-1/#comment-17479 PK Thu, 15 Jun 2006 09:41:01 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/06/12/weapons-in-the-mind/#comment-17479 Thomas Palm: Thanks for the wiki link. I have not been to the army museum myself, so I am not sure if it's the same one. In any case, I am glad these weapons have been abandoned (or have they...). Thomas Palm: Thanks for the wiki link. I have not been to the army museum myself, so I am not sure if it’s the same one. In any case, I am glad these weapons have been abandoned (or have they…).

]]> By: Jim Harrison http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/06/12/weapons-in-the-mind/comment-page-1/#comment-17478 Jim Harrison Thu, 15 Jun 2006 03:36:44 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/06/12/weapons-in-the-mind/#comment-17478 The weapon systems that really work are seldom talked about very much before their debut for the obvious reason that the military has every reason to keep them secret. Fantasies like Star Wars, on the other hand, are publicized widely. Since they are unlikely to work, their only value is political and they may as well be bragged up. I don't find it a comforting thought that the real breakthroughs in weaponry are kept secret. Who knows what terrifying toys are under wraps? The weapon systems that really work are seldom talked about very much before their debut for the obvious reason that the military has every reason to keep them secret. Fantasies like Star Wars, on the other hand, are publicized widely. Since they are unlikely to work, their only value is political and they may as well be bragged up.

I don’t find it a comforting thought that the real breakthroughs in weaponry are kept secret. Who knows what terrifying toys are under wraps?

]]> By: quasar9 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/06/12/weapons-in-the-mind/comment-page-1/#comment-17477 quasar9 Wed, 14 Jun 2006 19:36:41 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/06/12/weapons-in-the-mind/#comment-17477 You do realise that if the CIA find this "post" about WMD weapons of mass destruction, the American President would have to send in the US Marines to invade your website. But hold on is this website based in America (USA). lol! - As JoAnne says, one has to laugh to keep the 'sanity'. lol again! You do realise that if the CIA find this “post” about WMD weapons of mass destruction, the American President would have to send in the US Marines to invade your website. But hold on is this website based in America (USA). lol! – As JoAnne says, one has to laugh to keep the ’sanity’. lol again!

]]> By: Thomas Palm http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/06/12/weapons-in-the-mind/comment-page-1/#comment-17476 Thomas Palm Wed, 14 Jun 2006 16:52:15 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/06/12/weapons-in-the-mind/#comment-17476 PK, you must be thinking about the Davy Crockett. You have the range about right, but the blast radius was a lot smaller than you think so the crew would survive using it. It only had a yield of 10-20 tons. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Davy_Crockett_%28nuclear_device%29 PK, you must be thinking about the Davy Crockett. You have the range about right, but the blast radius was a lot smaller than you think so the crew would survive using it. It only had a yield of 10-20 tons.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Davy_Crockett_%28nuclear_device%29

]]> By: Cynthia http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/06/12/weapons-in-the-mind/comment-page-1/#comment-17455 Cynthia Wed, 14 Jun 2006 00:16:17 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/06/12/weapons-in-the-mind/#comment-17455 PK, You are probably referring to the Anniston Army Depot in Alabama. Furthermore, this depot is the home of one of the largest poison-chemical waste site in the country. This fact is yet another reason that I am embarrassed to have to admit living in such a backwater State of the Union. PK,
You are probably referring to the Anniston Army Depot in Alabama. Furthermore, this depot is the home of one of the largest poison-chemical waste site in the country. This fact is yet another reason that I am embarrassed to have to admit living in such a backwater State of the Union.

]]> By: PK http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/06/12/weapons-in-the-mind/comment-page-1/#comment-17456 PK Tue, 13 Jun 2006 23:44:46 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/06/12/weapons-in-the-mind/#comment-17456 Jim, don't laugh: A former colleague of mine told me about a trip to an army museum somewhere in Alabama. On display were nuclear mortars with a firing range of three miles. The blast radius of the grenades was about four miles. Jim, don’t laugh: A former colleague of mine told me about a trip to an army museum somewhere in Alabama. On display were nuclear mortars with a firing range of three miles. The blast radius of the grenades was about four miles.

]]> By: Jim Harrison http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/06/12/weapons-in-the-mind/comment-page-1/#comment-17475 Jim Harrison Tue, 13 Jun 2006 22:12:21 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/06/12/weapons-in-the-mind/#comment-17475 Twenty years ago, an atomic hand grenade would be part of the setup for a Polish joke sort of like the bit about the guy who put up braille billboards to reach the lucrative blind market. Twenty years ago, an atomic hand grenade would be part of the setup for a Polish joke sort of like the bit about the guy who put up braille billboards to reach the lucrative blind market.

]]> By: Q http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/06/12/weapons-in-the-mind/comment-page-1/#comment-17474 Q Tue, 13 Jun 2006 19:08:12 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/06/12/weapons-in-the-mind/#comment-17474 Ok Robin, I get your drift. U just want the funding for research, and U hope never to have to use it. But I presume you know mainland US is pretty safe from any attack from anywhere, meaning Russia & China. And the EU is not likely to fall out with the US as long as there is enough oil or other fossil fuels to keep emitting CO2 on both sides of the Atlantic. And the US already has total air superiority. So U can only be talking about striking someone at will. Pre-emptive strikes. But hold on the US already has the ability to do that at will. PS - Not being funny but even fighter pilots must be close to redundant now, if they aren't already. So faster ballistics (for defence) what's the top speed now? Faster missiles on faster planes with stealth technology beyond the reach of Iraqi radar. Unless you are thinking of attacking someone who can shoot down your planes, then use faster unmanned craft with the ability to fire faster missiles. Hopefully you are not thinking of anywhere in Europe. PPS - Another good reason why Iran, Egypt, Turkey, Pakistan, et al should be allowed to develop nuclear power plants: they are impossible to defend from a 'real' air (USAF) threat. Laters ... Q Ok Robin, I get your drift. U just want the funding for research, and U hope never to have to use it. But I presume you know mainland US is pretty safe from any attack from anywhere, meaning Russia & China. And the EU is not likely to fall out with the US as long as there is enough oil or other fossil fuels to keep emitting CO2 on both sides of the Atlantic. And the US already has total air superiority. So U can only be talking about striking someone at will. Pre-emptive strikes. But hold on the US already has the ability to do that at will.

PS – Not being funny but even fighter pilots must be close to redundant now, if they aren’t already. So faster ballistics (for defence) what’s the top speed now? Faster missiles on faster planes with stealth technology beyond the reach of Iraqi radar. Unless you are thinking of attacking someone who can shoot down your planes, then use faster unmanned craft with the ability to fire faster missiles. Hopefully you are not thinking of anywhere in Europe.

PPS – Another good reason why Iran, Egypt, Turkey, Pakistan, et al should be allowed to develop nuclear power plants: they are impossible to defend from a ‘real’ air (USAF) threat. Laters … Q

]]> By: Robin http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/06/12/weapons-in-the-mind/comment-page-1/#comment-17473 Robin Tue, 13 Jun 2006 18:40:36 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/06/12/weapons-in-the-mind/#comment-17473 Between funding unviable superweapons and viable superweapons, I prefer the former. (Yes, I know; we want other options beyond the two, ones which involve no superweapons.) Between funding unviable superweapons and viable superweapons, I prefer the former. (Yes, I know; we want other options beyond the two, ones which involve no superweapons.)

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