Re: 23 Dumbest Science Questions

Several are funny: I especially like the one about turning a solid state hard drive into a gaseous one. Reminds me of the time I asked a friend who was a computer chip designer why we integrated chips.  He responded we could have segregated chips and using bussing to move the data around.  Makes me wonder about how we use language over time.

The one about antidepressants during the 1930’s shows a lack of historical knowledge, as people did try to various chemical fixes, including 7-Up, which had lithium citrate in it until 1950.  There was a Cornell medical school professor who argued we should put it in our drinking water in 2014: http://factually.gizmodo.com/7-up-used-to-contain-lithium-1634862072.

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From: Science Fiction and Fantasy Listserv [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Charley Seavey
Sent: Monday, July 20, 2015 3:32 PM
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Subject: Re: [SF-LIT] 23 Dumbest Science Questions

Ahh, yeh. I'm having a very hard time believing that most of these are real. Still, worth a chuckle.

charley

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