Well, at least this election wasn't boring.
As I write this, the next President is still undecided, pending a recount of the votes in Florida. It occurred to me that the office of the next President is in a state of quantum superposition now. That is, one can consider the next President to be simultaneously half Gore, half Bush. When the measurement is finally made (i.e., the votes are recounted), the Presidential waveform will collapse, and the office will be filled by either Gore or Bush.
This situation also affords an opportunity to discuss quantum entanglement, as well. We can look at Gore as being, simultaneously, half next-President and half not-next-President. Bush has a similar quantum superposition, except that it is 180 degrees out of phase with Gore (i.e., exactly one of them will be President). When the measurement is made, all three waveforms will collapse, and although the result is essentially random, the final states will be dependent upon one another.
It also appears possible that for the first time in a long time, the Electoral College may select the less popular candidate. Thank goodness that I voted - my vote made so much of a difference.
I think future elections should be decided by quantum mechanics directly. Each candidate brings one atom of a particular radioactive isotope with him. Whoever's atom decays first, wins! Of course, if the isotope is not carefully chosen, it could be a long, long wait. Possibly longer than we are going to have to wait this year to find out who won.
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