"The placebo response in this trial (59% on IBS-AR) was substantially higher than typical reported placebo responses of 30–40% in double-blind IBS pharmaceutical studies"

Well I know what placebo I'll be buying next time - twice as effective as generic placebos!

Busness patents, software patents, what makes you think USA nowadays uses patents to encourage further innovation?
China is stuck in the 1700s, when patents were used to publish new inventions and allowed people to improve on them.

Let X = the number of people who are captured in the car.

Let Y = the number of accidents caused by cell phone distraction.

Let Z = the number of accidents caused by people

Do you really think X or Y is anywhere near Z? I'll bet Z is ten orders of magnitude higher than X + Y, at least.

Let's get to the real problem and ban people from cars. Won't someone think of the children?

I duno, in Sydney pictures of the harbour bridge and opera house have the same restrictions.

because you give people you don't trust with this info the originals and access to a photocopier.
luckily, they are not able to take a photo with their phone, copy the info by hand, or simply walk out the door with the originals, otherwise it would make this tech totally stupid.

don't worry, the technique patent will come after this one is granted...

waiting 30s to press submit

because I type too fast

barcode on a stamp, that makes it intelligent?
or is the smartphone intelligent?

First with modems we used crappy wiring, then they invented ISDN and better wiring for faster signal, then ADSL said they can go faster using that crappy wiring again.

With TV, we used crappy wiring, then HDMI with its fancy connectors, yadda yadda, then these people come out and say plain old Cat 5e from 10yrs ago can do all that + a dozen other things.

In both of these cases, why couldn't we have skipped the costly middle part?

why not just have forms with 'please' printed at the end of every line?

when the engine is off, the power brakes are no longer powered? will this lead to interesting events at lights on a hill?

Interesting. Cuz here, it seems traffic lights are timed by street length, so that if you go anywhere less than /20 over the speed limit/ you will be hit with red after red after red...
The only way to get a string of greens is to go 20 over or 30 under.

" 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...

how long it takes for the authors guild or whatever they're called to brand this as a purely copyright infringement machine.

where the $2/hr helpdesk will promptly throw it in the bin.

If teenagers playing games in darkened rooms threatens your way of life, you should probably change to a better way of life...