"Strictly speaking, there should be no blue whales"
What kind of statement is that? "By my rules this thing that clearly exists shouldn't".
The article should be interesting enough without putting that shite at the top.
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gronkpan @vomitinglarry.bsky.social, Fri 4 Mar 2011, 8:13,
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We don't understand something so it must be magic!
I can't explain it, so it should't exist.
Medieval ignorance.
Also, they now know why bumblebees fly and also why controls invert at Mach1. www.physorg.com/news89459870.html
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zacherynuk @echo off, Fri 4 Mar 2011, 10:23,
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But that's the representation of the nul hypothesis in words, a description of the thought process that brought it about
It's not arrogance and excessive self-confidence in their own medical knowledge; it's genuine child-like curiousity.
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