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Comment Re:permanently remove the subjects' morals (Score 1) 586

" The scientists didn't permanently remove the subjects' moral sensibilities "

I think they mean " The scientists /don't think/ they permanently removed the subjects' moral sensibilities " If ever there was a question about ethical experiments...

Perhaps the scientists tried it out on themselves first... The magnetism made them do it!

Comment Re:Probably not (Score 1) 114

> Real physics is cool, but it doesn't often make for good arcade games.

He wrote *physics* based, not *astronomy* based.

And, just to clarify, I'll settle for unreal game "physics" - I just want to see asteroids bouncing off each other instead of passing through.

Modelling light-speed propagation, quantum mechanics and/or quantum gravitation are strictly in the nice-to-have basket.

Comment Re:stop using the term swine flu (Score 1) 661

the term itself is misleading, the virus strand might have originated from swine, but the current flu has nothing to do with pigs. The proper term should be Influenza A (H1N1)

Swine flu : two syllables[1]
Influenza A (H1N1): nine syllables

Concise usually beats accurate. Such is life.

[1] Give or take. I'll never understand diphthongs.

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