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The Science of Santa
Santa Claus must use advanced technologies to pull off his annual feat. Thankfully, NewScientist has the exclusive about the what and the how. "He relies on some impressive gadgets: miniature flying robots, advanced satellites, highly sensitive surveillance devices, memory-erasing milk, self-assembling toys, and a warp-drive-powered sleigh that's capable of bending and twisting space-time to such an extent that it slips Santa and his reindeer out of the observable universe. In 1949, Kurt Gödel published one of the first mathematical descriptions of how it could work. In his version, the universe has paths called closed time-like curves that might allow you to jump in a ship, fly for a while, and end up right back where you started in space and time."
Always knew Santa had to have *all* the cool toys!
The mall Santas deliver the presents. It's the only explanation that meets Occam's razor without exposing parents as Santa.
Amazing. They believe in advanced quantum physics AND Santa. Most ordinary people would just say "he doesn't exist" around the age of 9 and move on. But not geeks!
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I realize that they were trying to be funny and all, but calling Kurt Gödel an "idiot" seemed a little low.
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I think that's what he uses to avoid being shot down :)
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The milk is supposed to be left for Santa, not by Santa.
So kids with a crush on Santa are definitively deciding the naughty or nice question by slipping him some rohypnol.
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Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. Arthur C. Clarke, I think that says it all!
I know this isn't really in the spirit of the article, but the 300,000 "men in brown", who rack up 10,000,000 miles a day delivering around the world deserve at least a little of the credit.
I can remember a time, not long ago, when shipping something during the Christmas season meant hoping with your fingers crossed that it would arrive on time, but now thanks to the real technology behind the scenes, and the men and women involved, pretty much everything is delivered on time (assuming the retailers send it out on time).
So the next time you stop to think about santa, remember that there is an army of people, both in the limelight, and behind the scenes who bring Christmas to every house every year.
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He relies on some impressive gadgets: miniature flying robots, advanced satellites, highly sensitive surveillance devices
So Santa's had this technology for hundreds of years and he didn't share it with anyone? WTF?
Property is theft.
But somehow I like it. Maybe I just want to believe in a dilithium crystal powered TARDIS like sleigh allowing one to open gateways between the stars and slide from universe to universe.
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Oh my God, it all makes sense now. Santa Claus is Jack Harkness in a costume.