Part of the confusion here could be due to an incomplete explanation of fission (the splitting of larger nucleus/nuclei to form smaller nuclei). It was more of a con-fission (confusion about fission).
I’m with Ernest. Chalk, I understand. Used it almost every school day for 25 years. The only thing I ever split was the infinitive. From that point on, all was dust particles.
Fusion could be the answer to the world’s energy issues. Too bad we have spent more money on solar and wind technologies which do not have the same promise.
Science Fiction is always many steps ahead of reality. Bob Heinlein had the equivalent of the cell phone in his book, “Space Cadet”. Most of the good sci-fi has fusion star drives. We’ll get there some day, but only when someone really wants to. Until then, the powers that be are satisfied with the status quo, the way they are making their money now.
confusion should be the name of the machine that makes it https://www.forbes.com/sites/christopherhelman/2022/12/13/national-lab-unlocks-nuclear-fusion—-true-breakthrough-novelty-act-or-both/?sh=2c28ac9868c7
Remember the final scene in the Back to the Future series, when Marty McFly is getting set to take off in his flying car, but it’s a little low on power, so he crams some banana peels into the top of its “Mr. Fusion” tank, and away they go?
Ratkin Premium Member over 1 year ago
Gone fishin’
Doug K over 1 year ago
Part of the confusion here could be due to an incomplete explanation of fission (the splitting of larger nucleus/nuclei to form smaller nuclei). It was more of a con-fission (confusion about fission).
sandpiper over 1 year ago
I’m with Ernest. Chalk, I understand. Used it almost every school day for 25 years. The only thing I ever split was the infinitive. From that point on, all was dust particles.
The Reader Premium Member over 1 year ago
Confusion is the result of the illegal release of energy.
ꜝ over 1 year ago
GLUONS
are those atomic eyelashes, or fingernails?
oakie817 over 1 year ago
i went to high school with Quarks and Gluons
P51Strega over 1 year ago
Con-fusion is that “cold fusion” scam that was foisted several years ago.
boydjb47 over 1 year ago
Fusion could be the answer to the world’s energy issues. Too bad we have spent more money on solar and wind technologies which do not have the same promise.
uniquename over 1 year ago
con-fusion, so they’re against using nuclear fusion as energy?
e.groves over 1 year ago
I thought it was a car made by Ford.
Steverino Premium Member over 1 year ago
I once had a boat that ran using nuclear power.
It was a ’fission boat.
fuzzbucket Premium Member over 1 year ago
Doesn’t ‘confusion’ mean ‘with fusion’?
KEA over 1 year ago
seems pretty accurate and concise to me.
Count Olaf Premium Member over 1 year ago
The Count is waiting for the Readers Digest version or the series on Netflix. Didn’t bother to read it.
Buckeye67 over 1 year ago
So basically one explodes and the other bursts.
Rich_Pa over 1 year ago
I guess that Thaves had to use Google to write this strip today.
Teto85 Premium Member over 1 year ago
Fusion involving matter and anti-matter results in a release of energy such that can be used to power FTL vehicles, aka Starships.
sandflea over 1 year ago
Ya gots the confusion and ya gots the profusion.
gldoutt Premium Member over 1 year ago
Science Fiction is always many steps ahead of reality. Bob Heinlein had the equivalent of the cell phone in his book, “Space Cadet”. Most of the good sci-fi has fusion star drives. We’ll get there some day, but only when someone really wants to. Until then, the powers that be are satisfied with the status quo, the way they are making their money now.
T... over 1 year ago
Thanks, that was brilliant!! …
T... over 1 year ago
The prof. just did an con job on fusion…
donut reply over 1 year ago
confusion should be the name of the machine that makes it https://www.forbes.com/sites/christopherhelman/2022/12/13/national-lab-unlocks-nuclear-fusion—-true-breakthrough-novelty-act-or-both/?sh=2c28ac9868c7
Spiffy over 1 year ago
Fusion is always 20 years away, but confusion is always with us!
Richard S Russell Premium Member over 1 year ago
Ooooh, oooh, I have a question! Do you know that the definition of “comprises” is “consists of”, so that “comprised of” means “consisted of of”?
Richard S Russell Premium Member over 1 year ago
Remember the final scene in the Back to the Future series, when Marty McFly is getting set to take off in his flying car, but it’s a little low on power, so he crams some banana peels into the top of its “Mr. Fusion” tank, and away they go?
MT Wallet over 1 year ago
I didn’t learn about quarks and gluons. I only know Venus Flytrap’s round neighborhood.