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I find it satisfying to see a researcher called THORsten SchUMm devoting his research to THORiUM.
by tromp 3y ago
I find it satisfying to see a researcher called THORsten SchUMm devoting his research to THORiUM.
- lordfrito 3y agoLol that's a comic book name if I ever heard one. He's only one lab accident away from becoming a super hero/villain.
- pfdietz 3y agoAnd he's working with a dangerous radioactive isotope!
- kingkawn 3y agoWe’re so close! Send some spiders into the reaction chamber!
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- karuna_murti 3y agono, we need radioactive hammer.
- AnimalMuppet 3y agoBut then I'm only a name change and a lab accident away. And a name change isn't that hard...
- deepsun 3y agoIt doesn't work with name changes, unfortunately.
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- mananaysiempre 3y agoFor what it’s worth, the names of both the element and the researcher do in fact refer to the Norse god of thunder Thor.
- twic 3y agoEven better, Thorsten = Thor's stone!
- davnicwil 3y agoNominative determinism :-) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nominative_determinism https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nominative_determinism
- tomxor 3y agoFrequency illusion :-P https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frequency_illusion https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frequency_illusion
- Aerbil313 3y agoNot completely. Can't find it now, but there was research cited in the book Alex's Adventures in Numberland showing a real statistical deviation, example: Lawrences' studying Law school more frequently.
- preisschild 3y agoIn a country where breeding and burning thorium to generate energy is illegal :/