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This is where the popular (on the net, at least) ‘kingons and queons’ footnote starts out, which parodies a postulate of J. Sarfatti based on Bell’s theorem on quantum physics. Bell proves that in order for quantum theory to be valid, there has to exist a way to transfer information between subatomic particles that is faster than light. Sarfatti then theorised that this so called ‘superluminar’ communication could be modulated and used to send messages.

During a discussion on a.f.p., Terry had this to add to the subject:

"I’ve a strong suspicion that the smaller the country, the more powerful the monarch as an emitter of kingons.

Surely the size of the king in proportion to the size of his country is the important factor. If you’re king of a country of ten people there must be quite a high kingon flux.

As to where kingons come from in the first place, they come from God. God is invoked in the coronation service. God wants fat red-haired girls and clothes horses who can’t keep their mobile phone conversations private. God likes people with lots of front teeth. God must have a hand in all this, otherwise we’d have slaughtered all kings years ago.”