While The Savages Are Running Amok Killing Each Other - Scientists Are Busy Conducting Serious Research And Making Great Strides In Technology

WHILE THE UNEDUCATED SAVAGES WHO CAN BARELY READ AT A SIXTH GRADE LEVEL BUT KNOW WHAT AN UNCLE BENNY LOOKS LIKE AND HOW TO USE A 9MM GO AROUND TERRORIZING THE LAW ABIDING IN THEIR CITIES, SCIENTISTS ARE MAKING GREAT STRIDES IN ADVANCING TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH.

TAKE FOR EXAMPLE, D-WAVE SYSTEMS WHOSE FORAY INTO QUANTUM COMPUTING HAS LED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF COMPUTERS UP TO 600X FASTER THAN THE FASTEST ONES IN USE NOW. LET THAT SINK IN FOR A MINUTE. 600X FASTER. WOW!

PUTTING SUCH COMPUTING POWER TO USE IN SUCH FIELDS AS ASTRONOMY, PHYSICS, METEOROLOGY OR OCEANOGRAPHY COULD LEAD TO BREAKTHROUGH FINDS THAT COULD FOREVER ALTER UNDERSTANDING IN THOSE SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINES.

AND THINK, IT WASN'T UNTIL 1903 THAT THE WRIGHT BROTHERS WERE ABLE TO ACTUALLY "FLY" THEIR AIRCRAFT. IN 112 YEARS WE HAVE GONE FROM NO AIRPLANES AT ALL TO SUPERCOMPUTERS ABLE TO PROCESS HUMONGOUS AMOUNTS OF DATA IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE. 

STUNNING, JUST STUNNING.