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Comment: Re:Proving a negative... (Score 1) 571

by The_mad_linguist (#38480130) Attached to: New Study Confirms Safety of GM Crops

It is even possible to prove the nonexistence of something with only a single property... such as the existence of a number that is equivalent to itself plus 1. There is absolutely no number, in any number system defined by mathematics, that satisfies this criteria.

Ever heard of "modular arithmetic"?

Comment: Even easier (Score 5, Insightful) 240

by The_mad_linguist (#38120792) Attached to: DNA Test To Determine Kids' Sports Futures

There's an even easier test. Look at your kid's birthday. Now look at the cutoff date between age brackets for each sport. Now pick the one where your kid will always be the oldest player on the field. More physical development = wins more = gets more practice AND likes the sport more = positive skill-building feedback loop.

Comment: Re:Pls be candid... (Score 3, Funny) 368

by The_mad_linguist (#37595236) Attached to: Ask William Shatner Whatever You'd Like

He's already been asked that. Here's his response

I thought it was very funny, and I thought the audience that they portrayed was totally real, but the actors that they were pretending to be were totally unrecognizable. Certainly I don't know what Tim Allen was doing. He seemed to be the head of a group of actors, and for the life of me I was trying to understand who he was imitating. The only one I recognized was the girl playing Nichelle Nichols.

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