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Einstein’s ‘spooky action at a distance’: 10,000 t...
I think that's what happend. Schrodinger's cat was also initially conceived to ridicule the idea of quantum superposition.
ars
on March 7, 2013
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The name Big Bang was also coined to ridicule the idea.
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I had never heard of that so I tried to find a reference and it appears to be true.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Bang#Etymology
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"Star Wars" was used to ridicule Reagan's anti-ballistic missile initiative.
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