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We'll need either three or four quantum leaps in technology, or a sudden discovery that invalidates much of what we know about physics and/or cosmology, before
by etfb 14y ago
We'll need either three or four quantum leaps in technology, or a sudden discovery that invalidates much of what we know about physics and/or cosmology, before even the Alpha Centauri planets become reachable. "Like it or not, for the moment, the Earth is where we make our stand."
- EliRivers 14y agoA quantum leap is (on the order of, if you skip a level) the smallest possible increment. We're going to need much bigger leaps than that to do it in four or five leaps. :)
- epsylon 14y agoRelevant SMBC: http://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?db=comics&id=2628 http://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?db=comics&id=2628
- unwind 14y agoSome writers of dictionaries disagree: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/quantum%20leap http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/quantum%20leap. You're using the technical (or jargon) meaning, which is not the same as the mainstream ("popular") meaning.
- MalphasWats 14y agoI think that's generally how jokes work.
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- etfb 14y agoI was using the term in neither the mainstream nor the technical sense, but in the Dr Sam Beckett sense. Oh, boy!