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Originally Posted by Ustwo
If a horse is in a box, and there is a radioactive isotope in the box that has a 50% chance of decaying causing the death of the horse, and you strike the box with a hammer, did you beat a dead horse?
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I'll answer that with a famous quote:
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Originally Posted by Schrodinger's Cat
I'm betting philosophy and quantim physics don't mix. What's in the box?
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The quote from Justice John Paul Stevens is quite good.
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Originally Posted by U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia
The conservative justice, who grew up in Queens, contended there would have been a difficult transition had the court not stepped in.
He also pointed out that studies by news organizations after the election showed Bush still would have won a Florida recount.
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It was made more difficult by the courts interference, not less so. Also, all the news organizations were getting their post election information parasitically from one another, so their studies are highly suspect, as they often did not have reliable sources.