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It's an intellectual teaser. You read it and think to yourself, "well this can't possibly be true, let me look into this further". Then you learn.

• cema 16y ago
  Do you expect people to "look into it further" with everything they think cannot be true? I would not.
  • burgerbrain 16y ago
    If they have any interest in the topic in the first place? Of course. I certainly did, so many years ago...
  • rbanffy 16y ago
    It also serves to separate the curious from the non-curious. Getting everything wrong is a fact of life and can happen to anyone.