Why do people protest #Vance’s idea that parents should have votes proportionate to number of their children as a horrible idea?
It is horrible, but by discussing its merits or lack thereof, they’ve let something else slide.
We need to #NipItInTheBud as unconstitutional. There is no such provision in the US Constitution.
That should be the first line of attack before the idea even starts to take hold. By skipping to a discussion of how bad it is, we forget it’s unconstitutional
This style of rhetoric is pervasive in #Project2025
It starts with seemingly simple ideas which resonate with conservatives but are controversial with liberals and progressives.
Then it QUICKLY builds up on that and introduces even more controversial ideas.
The creep is gradual, but unmistakable. Most people look at the end result and start debating the merits of that end result.
Meanwhile, a #divideByZero has already happened in earlier paragraphs and pages. #NipItInTheBud.
Here is a humorous example that “proves” that 1 == 2.
I’m attaching a screenshot that captures the essence of the argument that seems quite logical, but the conclusion after the creep is garbage because a #divideByZero has already happened by the time you reach the final result.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AbliihTJ4v4 [Turn off sound if you don’t speak #Hindi. The screens are all in English — no subtitles needed]
⬆️ >> #ZeroDenom Here is a humorous example that “proves” that 1 == 2.
Time to move up from elementary algebra :-)
"…any form of #BellsTheorem lets one quickly and easily prove that 0=1"
via @chemoelectric https://masto.ai/@chemoelectric/113856316516264216
This leads us to see one of the reasons John Clauser does not deserve his Nobel Prize: he did not arrive at the same result as QM, yet did not consider his result an error. ALL MATHEMATICAL METHODS MUST ARRIVE AT THE SAME RESULT. Otherwise mathematics would be inconsistent! And, indeed, any form of "Bell's theorem" lets one quickly and easily prove that 0=1.
I have actual computer programs that simulate the experiment ‘local realistically’ and produce the exact correlation function predicted by quantum mechanics! And, because a computer is an actual electronic device, these constitute physical experiments, not mere mathematical models. They are empirical disproof.
Thus Bell’s ‘theorem’ cannot possibly be anything but silly pseudo-mathematics.
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