Quantum Chop!

Happy upcoming 4th of July, Superfriends!

And also to you, Smell My Success readers!

My dad gave me a book a while back that I'm finally getting around to browsing. It's called The Secret History of the World by Mark Booth. It's about... well... the history of the world from the perspective of secret societies, who hold hidden knowledge that YOU should know.

What is that hidden knowledge? That everything is orchestrated by intricate conspiratorial entities and that we are all projected from the mind of God and that science is narrow-minded bullshit.

Check out the opening paragraph:

The secret history of the world is a rude gesture in the

face of the know-it-alls who make up our intellectual

elite, the control freaks who would decide what is

acceptable for us all to think and believe.

That's the sort of level-headed introduction I like to read when I'm considering an argument. From there, it's as if someone took a couple hits of coke and threw up for 550 pages. At least there are pictures. But not a single one of me!

I'm only 50 pages into the book thus far, but it's a perfect example of a problem I have with people who make claims about anything: if you disagree with another position, do the homework on that position. Know what you're arguing against. This guy breezes through Schroedinger's Cat and the laws of probability in one page and gets it totally wrong! And he has the audacity to call scientists out for being dismissive and close-minded.

Personally, people who equate quantum physics and metaphysics are beginning to get on my nerves. Though I do admit to screaming "Quantum Chop!" during my 'inspired' karate-through-whiskey sessions. I'm thinking of founding a dojo.

I'm going to keep chugging through a few more chapters because my dad gave me the damn thing and he was excited for me to read it. Out of respect, I'll give it my attention. But, poooooh, is it painful! Partly because I used to be into 'revisionist history' and secret societies. But the more I looked into it and considered the claims, the less likely it seemed. Now it's just plain silly.

So, yeah.

The book is great. I recommend it. Everything in it is genius.