Science in action MkII

[gozzer]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-15117051

 

 

John.

[Ken L]

Physics Prize: Philippe Perrin and colleagues for determining why discus throwers become dizzy, and why hammer throwers don't.

 

Err... That's biology (or medicine) not physics.

 

Didn't Frankie Boyle do a routine taking the mick out of scientists ?

Something like:

"Shall we cure cancer ?"

"Nah, I'm gonnae see how many fruit pastels it takes tae choke a kestrel..."

[gozzer]

I liked this one.

 

Peace Prize: Arturas Zuokas, the mayor of Vilnius, Lithuania, for demonstrating that the problem of illegally parked luxury cars can be solved by running them over with an armoured tank.

 

John.

[Steve Walker]

Err... That's biology (or medicine) not physics.

 

Newtonian mechanics and physiology by the looks of it.

 

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/10894415/

 

The trouble with science today is that most of the corner and edge pieces of the jigsaw are in place, so you spend a lifetime fitting together the grass in the background!

[chesters1]

Err... That's biology (or medicine) not physics.

 

Didn't Frankie Boyle do a routine taking the mick out of scientists ?

Something like:

"Shall we cure cancer ?"

"Nah, I'm gonnae see how many fruit pastels it takes tae choke a kestrel..."

is it in the interest to cure "cancer" there would be many companies out of a job along with their scientists if they do

have we cured the common cold if we had just where would the vicks sinex and night nurse companies get their money from! common cold "remedies" sold must be in the billions! companies are not going to throw that away ,if some scientist found a cure i am positive it would be bought and would disappear for far less than the income from "remedies"

Edited September 30, 2011 by chesters1

[Andrew]

What a bloody strange animal.

[corydoras]

is it in the interest to cure "cancer" there would be many companies out of a job along with their scientists if they do

have we cured the common cold if we had just where would the vicks sinex and night nurse companies get their money from! common cold "remedies" sold must be in the billions! companies are not going to throw that away ,if some scientist found a cure i am positive it would be bought and would disappear for far less than the income from "remedies"

Is that really what you think? Do you REALLY think that if a cure was found for "cancer" that scientists would withhold it so that they could carry on researching for something that they had already found?

[chesters1]

Is that really what you think? Do you REALLY think that if a cure was found for "cancer" that scientists would withhold it so that they could carry on researching for something that they had already found?

 

if there was £billions hanging on it yes!

as i said most scientists work for big companies its not commercial sense to lose a vast income ,if the "cure" brought in more than the remedy then perhaps they would but their income would grow less as the cure become cheaper

Edited September 30, 2011 by chesters1

[corydoras]

if there was £billions hanging on it yes!

Your off your head chesters. Don't judge the whole world by your own standards. Edited September 30, 2011 by corydoras

[chesters1]

why not hundreds of billions are spent on guns and ammo that kill people why would huge industries give a hoot for anyone but their own wealth

you only need to look at the exploding petrol tank fiasco to see how their mind works ,how many people would be killed by beko fridges if it was only known by beko they were death traps?

the worlds run by big companies and governments do their bidding ,smoking is not banned here yet its a known killer ,money from fag companies ? a nice seat on the board?

 

you will say its the government not being a nanny state and stopping freewill but they ban things that kill far less ,strange you think "standards" are mine

Edited September 30, 2011 by chesters1