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Thu, 17 Feb 2005
A couple of weeks back, I saw this article that was an interesting discussion about human evolution, neanderthals, stem-cell research and how they are all related. It is a fun read. It always stuns me that people still can't come to terms with Evolution even though many aspects of medicine are directly based on the fact that it's true. How else would it be possible to do medical research using non-human animals? Seriously. MythbustersIt shouldn't be a big surprise, but Mythbusters is one of my favorite TV shows. G & I watch every new episode together. If you haven't seen it, it's kind of "Mr. Science" meets "Monster Garage" for lack of a better explanation. They look at popular urban myths and figure out whether they are plausible or crap. Generally, something gets blown up in the process. Anyway, they were the draw at one of the vendor parties last night. Frankly, it was the only reason I went because my company, or at least my division, has no need for this specific product. So, I went for free beer, hors douvres and the Mythbusters. It was very cool because they had a Q&A period, followed by the bloopers that they can't broadcast due to content, and then socialization. I got to talk to Adam for about 20 minutes asking him various questions about things on the show and just BSing. Very cool. Plus I got my picture taken with them. I'll post it when I get access to a scanner (I don't carry one to conferences :-). That was the high point of the week. |