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[robinturner]

Apparently a scientist in Dan Brown's latest book says "We have scientifically proven that the power of human thought grows exponentially with the number of minds that share that thought." OK, let's leave the question of the power of human thought on one side. I'm cool with a bit of psychokinesis, for example. But "exponentially"? So if, say, Uri Geller can bend a spoon, two Gellers can bend two spoons, but three Gellers can bend four spoons, four Gellers can bend eight spoons and twenty can bend a gigaspoon. Get a hundred together and you could probably shift a planet.

Comments

[trochee.livejournal.com]

Dan Brown does not use words the way that the rest of us use words. it's been scientifically proven.

[miss-next.livejournal.com]

"You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means."

Sorry. Unable to resist. :-)

[trochee.livejournal.com]

hey, maybe the exponent is very close to zero. like 0.01. then more simultaneous thoughts would make it *less* powerful psychokinesis.

[solri.livejournal.com]

Too many cooks spoiling the broth?

[sjcarpediem.livejournal.com]

Judging by some of the hysterias I've seen spread on three different continents, I could make a space for the concept of "exponentiality" in the magnitude of thought-power...

[ironed_orchid]

I would chalk it up as another word Dan Brown uses without knowing the meaning.

[alsoname.livejournal.com]

Heh!

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