I didn't want to put this in the "general science" section...

http://www.thestar.com/Business/article/300042

Feel free to move this to an appropriate forum.

Pete

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There's so much I don't know about astrophysics. I wish I had read that book by that wheelchair guy.

Wow, only uneducated people can understand that the invention is beneficial.

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That's five minutes I'll never get back.
I'd be more upset if I had seen a claim that the Mythbusters broke the laws of physics (on their own show).

Well, that's the Toronto Star for you...

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ha--that's how it works, just add (angular) momentum from time to time!

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I loved how throughout the article, it was like they portrayed scientists as...well, as my neice would say, "Big stupid meany heads". Or like some dangerous animal...the tigers of the acedemic world.

"You have to approach them a certian way" "You have to be careful about what you say to them" "don't look them dirrectly in the eye, corner them, or seperate them from their young."

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I'm like one of those idiot savants...well, except for the savant part.
"In order to increase awareness of the homeless, security have been given binoculars."

Oh sure, like scientists have young! That would mean they had, uh... relationships, and we know that those nerds don't do that.

Unless, by "young" you mean "grad students"? Oh, well, that makes sense now! Carry on.

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I wonder how different the article would have been, had it been written by one of their science writers, rather than a business columnist.

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I heard it on the news just the other day
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Probably would have been a very short, succinct artictle : "Nice Try"

Pete

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There's so much I don't know about astrophysics. I wish I had read that book by that wheelchair guy.

I've long felt we need a "General Anti-Science" forum.

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