Above all, we see from these formulations how difficult it is when we try to push new ideas into an old system of concepts belonging to an earlier philosophy -- or, to use an old metaphor -- when we attempt to put new wine into old bottles. Such attempts are always distressing, because they mislead us into continually occupying ourselves with the inevitable cracks in the old bottles, instead of rejoicing over the new wine.
- Werner Heisenberg, Physics and Philosophy.
The 2026 Iran conflict will not be remembered primarily for the military campaign that achieved air superiority in 48 hours, nor for the assassination of a Supreme Leader whose nuclear fatwa died with him, nor even for the oil price spike that breached $100 a barrel for the first time in four years. It will be remembered as the moment the world discovered that the global energy system’s most critical chokepoint is governed not by navies but by actuaries.
He's gone mad with power! Like that Albert Schweitzer guy!
- The Simpsons [S06E12], writers Richard Appel and Jennifer Crittenden
