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Comment Re:Well... (Score 1) 371

But organic is the way to go! If it's natural, it's good for you

Why do so many people think this is the case?

I think the reasoning behind this is that natural substances are things we are more likely to have evolved in the presence of, and therefore we are more likely to be able to process. This is not always the case, but on the whole, "natural" substances are a safer bet.

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Submission + - New HRP-4 humanoid robot from Japan to go on sale (robotzeitgeist.com)

An anonymous reader writes: Kawada Industries and the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) have unveiled their new humanoid robot HRP-4. The new humanoid stands 151cm tall and is much thinner than its predecessors. For Japan, HRP-4 is another step forward towards creating useful mechanical workers to deal with a forthcoming shortage in the labor force and care for a fast aging population. HRP-4's creators expect to start selling the robot to universities and other research institutions as early as January 2011 for a price tag of $300,000 which is not that bad for a humanoid. Follow the link for a video of HRP-4 in action.

Comment worse than paradoxes (Score 1) 421

This is probably incredibly silly, but the problem with time travel seems, to me, to be the issue of where you will appear. Relative to the sun (not to mention bigger things), the Earth was in a different position years (or minutes) ago. If you traveled back in time wouldn't you emerge into empty space?

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