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I know it says atomic robo; but for some reason... I keep seeing it as Atomic Hobo, which could be equally awesome.

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Midgen wrote:
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We operate on basic assumptions until we find a reason to change.


Because if you assume you already know the answer, you stop looking...


Perhaps in religion that is true, but it's patently NOT true in science.

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Bristol physicists break 150-year-old law

(PhysOrg.com) -- A violation of one of the oldest empirical laws of physics has been observed by scientists at the University of Bristol. Their experiments on purple bronze, a metal with unique one-dimensional electronic properties, indicate that it breaks the Wiedemann-Franz Law. This historic discovery is described in a paper published today in Nature Communications.


Details in the link below.

http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-07-bri ... d-law.html
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The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not "Eureka!" but "That's funny."
-Isaac Asimov

In science one assumes the body of knowledge is true, then come up with a hypothosis--and then test it.
ie. Given that A, B, & C are true, if X is also true then when I do Y, Z should be the result. If Z is not the result, we retry, and repeat. We then examine X, but also A, B & C. Granted X is the first suspect, but A, B & C are not off the table.
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How would Isac Asimov know?

I think the most exciting phrase is "Here's your government research grant."

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Because science people loved talking to Isaac Asimov.

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shuyung wrote:
Because science people loved talking to Isaac Asimov.

Ok, just wondering.

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Wwen wrote:
How would Isac Asimov know?

I think the most exciting phrase is "Here's your government research grant."


Perhaps because he was a PhD in Biochemistry and taught Biochemistry at Boston University for 10 years prior to being a writer full time? And even after writing full time, still kept fairly close ties with the scientific community.
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I'm learning all kinds of things about Isaac Asimov. I just thought he liked robots.

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Wwen wrote:
I'm learning all kinds of things about Isaac Asimov. I just thought he liked robots.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Asimov

Here is one of my favorite Asimov stories, The Feeling of Power, which I believe Shuyung has posted once before.

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