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Physics prof wants to ban the term 'quantum supremacy.' Can you guess why?
Campus Reform ^ | March 16, 2021 | Angela Morabito

Posted on 03/18/2021 7:13:02 AM PDT by C19fan

A new opinion editorial published by the Scientific American, co-authored by physics professor Ian Durham of St. Anselm College in Manchester, New Hampshire, argued that the term "quantum supremacy" should be abandoned because it shares a word with the term "white supremacy."

Durham wrote that given the lack of diversity in physics and computing, the use of "'quantum supremacy' can come across as adding insult to injury."

The piece suggested the use of "quantum primacy" instead.

(Excerpt) Read more at campusreform.org ...


TOPICS: Education; Science
KEYWORDS: cancelblackracism; cancelcommiefronts; cancelcommunism; cancelindoctrination; cancelmarxism; cancelphonyblm; physics; woke
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On the hit list: Black Hole, Black Body Radiation, Brown Dwarf, Dark Matter....
1 posted on 03/18/2021 7:13:02 AM PDT by C19fan
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To: C19fan

When physics goes Woke we’re nearing the end of our rope.


2 posted on 03/18/2021 7:14:55 AM PDT by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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Also, primacy is offensive to Decepticons.


3 posted on 03/18/2021 7:15:39 AM PDT by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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“Professor Ian” may be brilliant at his trade, but he is clearly mentally ill ... at least he is emotionally unbalanced. There simply is no doubt.


4 posted on 03/18/2021 7:17:18 AM PDT by glennaro ("Until it's safe" means "never" (Dennis Prager))
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To: C19fan

Then no more “black power” either.


5 posted on 03/18/2021 7:19:00 AM PDT by bk1000 (Banned from Breitbart)
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To: glennaro

Considering where he teaches the only way he could have something accepted at “Scientific America” is by this wokeness.


6 posted on 03/18/2021 7:20:31 AM PDT by C19fan
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7 posted on 03/18/2021 7:21:54 AM PDT by Daffynition (*Mega Dittoes and Mega Prayers* & :))
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I resent the term White Dwarf.


8 posted on 03/18/2021 7:22:26 AM PDT by Huskrrrr (Pronouns? I need no stinkin pronouns!)
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Well, with all the violence and destruction that they caused over the past year or so, I can hardly blame him for not wanting to promote in any way the cause of the white supremacists. Oh, wait... It was communist organizations who instigated and led all that. Sorry, I forgot.


9 posted on 03/18/2021 7:25:29 AM PDT by ETL (REAL Russia collusion! DEMOCRAT-Russia collusion!! China-Russia collusion! Click ETL...)
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Dumb a$$ woke idiot! Grow up.


10 posted on 03/18/2021 7:27:10 AM PDT by Agatsu77
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Queue the 5-10 actual racists left redefining themselves as white primacists.


11 posted on 03/18/2021 7:38:32 AM PDT by cmj328 (We live here.)
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".... The piece suggested the use of 'quantum primacy' instead...."

More like quantum stupidity.

Seriously, are these professors real adults with college degrees in physics?

Because it sure seems like they are still immature juveniles in P.E. class in middle school.

I'm just sayin'....

12 posted on 03/18/2021 7:40:35 AM PDT by HotHunt
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St. Anselm College in Manchester, New Hampshire

They aren’t going to compete in physics, so its better to compete in "Wokeness."

13 posted on 03/18/2021 7:41:22 AM PDT by PGR88
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In related news, Wall Street traders will no longer be able to issue “buy” or “sell” orders, because that’s a reminder of the buying and selling of blacks into slavery. /s


14 posted on 03/18/2021 7:42:19 AM PDT by deoetdoctrinae (Become a monthly donor and stamp out FReepathons.)
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My son-in-law is a physicist working in quantum stuff. All races are working on it. The "supremacy" is actually the fact that the Americans are "supreme" over the CCP. Skin color has NOTHING TO DO WITH IT.

Geez Louise.

15 posted on 03/18/2021 7:49:48 AM PDT by Slyfox (Not my circus, not my monkeys )
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The Bourne Supremacy shall be remade and renamed The Bourne Mediocrity.


16 posted on 03/18/2021 7:54:59 AM PDT by ConservaTexan (February 6, 1911/June 14, 1944)
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The dingbat prof better start worrying about Chinese supremacy.

The Chinese secret—diversity is a weakness, not a strength.


17 posted on 03/18/2021 8:04:18 AM PDT by cgbg (A kleptocracy--if they can keep it. Think of it as the Cantillon Effect in action.)
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a rose is a rose, feh...
18 posted on 03/18/2021 8:04:42 AM PDT by Chode (Ashli Babbitt - #SayHerNAME)
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To: Rurudyne

The new book “Lebron Can’t Do Math” says it all.


19 posted on 03/18/2021 8:06:07 AM PDT by alstewartfan (One day he just washed up on the shores of his regrets. May his soul rest in peace. Al S.)
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On the hit list:...

I think we should help push this along. We need to start telling every liberal that fractions are racist, because of the idea that blacks were "2/3rds" a person back in the day.

20 posted on 03/18/2021 8:30:33 AM PDT by Turbo Pig
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