Shades of Timescape:

If his experiment with splitting photons actually works, says University of Washington physicist John Cramer, the next step will be to test for quantum "retrocausality."

That's science talk for saying he hopes to find evidence of a photon going backward in time.

"It doesn't seem like it should work, but on the other hand, I can't see what would prevent it from working," Cramer said. "If it does work, you could receive the signal 50 microseconds before you send it."

It's all incredibly counterintuitive, Cramer acknowledged.

Hmmm... Going back in time... "It doesn't seem like it should work, but on the other hand, I can't see what would prevent it from working."

Now, what does this remind me of?

John McCain:

"We departed rather tragically from our conservative principles," McCain lamented recently, offering his take on why the GOP fell from power in Congress. He urged a return to what he called the foundation of the Republican Party — restrained spending, smaller government, lower taxes, a strong national defense and family values.

What a shame that unshitting the bed only works at the quantum level...

NOTE A kind link from from novelist Kathryn Cramer, physicist Cramer's daughter. What a distinguished readership we have!