A theory that characterizes the universe in terms of bogon sources
(such as politicians, used-car salesmen, TV evangelists, and {suit}s
in general), bogon sinks (such as taxpayers and computers), and
bogosity potential fields. Bogon absorption, of course, causes human
beings to behave mindlessly and machines to fail (and may also cause
both to emit secondary bogons); however, the precise mechanics of the
bogon-computron interaction are not yet understood and remain to be
elucidated. Quantum bogodynamics is most often invoked to explain the
sharp increase in hardware and software failures in the presence of
suits; the latter emit bogons, which the former absorb. See {bogon},
{computron}, {suit}, {psyton}.
Here is a representative QBD theory: The bogon is a boson (integral
spin, +1 or -1), and has zero rest mass. In this respect it is very
much like a photon. However, it has a much greater momentum, thus
explaining its destructive effect on computer electronics and human
nervous systems. The corollary to this is that bogons also have
tremendous inertia, and therefore a bogon beam is deflected only with
great difficulty. When the bogon encounters its antiparticle, the
cluon, they mutually annihilate each other, releasing magic smoke.
Furthermore 1 Lenat = 1 mole (6.022E23) of bogons (see {microLenat}).
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[Reference(s) to this entry by made by: {bit decay}{bogon}{bogon flux}{bogosity}{bogus}{hacker humor}{psyton}]