you could look up schizophrenia on wikipedia if you need some info to throw back at ppl. and this article is exactly part of what makes ppl associate schizophrenia with horrible acts of violence. in 2 yrs ppl won't consciously remember reading this article, they won't remember that it said the guy was probably NOT…

if it was so unlikely, why mention it, why spend paragraphs talking about what isn't a viable answer and why pick this particular non answer? Why not talk about paraphrenia or delusional disorder? Because schizophrenia is attention grabbing and a name that ppl will recognize and this is a situation that fits a popular…

Is that also called "fight club syndrome"?

If it's such a remote possibility, why mention it? Or at least why not mention every other equally remote possibility? Just writing the word in bold print in an article on this topic continues to misrepresent and stigmatize the disorder. I mean don't you just love the other description of "If you've seen a homeless…

Oh fun history lesson. also. I wonder what other ideas that would not be practical on earth given our gravity and atmosphere would work on other planets/moons.

"While it's still early in the investigation, and with so few clues for us to consider, it's difficult to know exactly what's wrong with Holmes from a neurological perspective."....so let's speculate wildly and continue to give this person attention and notoriety? Oh and while we are at it, let's throw in…

well good point. and i'm appropriating that last line next time I have to talk to an antivax person

It's like all those adults who tell the dork kids, don't worry, all the popular kids will be miserable as adults and you'll be wildly successful. Well there is more truth to this statement than the rapture statement, but I think they are similar.

My thoughts on the antivax bunch = darwin award. sad though that the kids have to suffer.

My takeaway from all this? Only non believers should be allowed to fly airplanes or operate motorized vehicles. In the name of public safety.

Agreed. And this is a point that is missed by many geeks, nerds, dorks and mainstreamers alike. Geek is as you said, Nerds are the all round academics who like studying, and dorks are the socially awkward/unaware. One person can be a bit of each. I'm thinking of nominating 'gamer' for promotion up to this level of…

meh. gamers. They have time for their games more than they have time for you. Unless you are into the game and can play together. that could work.

I feel the same about the word "neurotypical". It feels like ppl who have been picked on for being different are trying too hard to make their weakness their strength, which isn't a bad thing in its self, but it is a bad thing when it involves making fun of others. It's that 'they brought you down to their level and…

Does JJ Abrams have any kind of a physics background? He seems to love the theoretical side of physics. Like that side where it starts to blend with magic so much that I think he needs to be classified as a fantasy writer/producer rather than a scifi one.

What separates "quack cures in mexico" and "reputable research hospitals" is that research hospitals have protocols and ethics committees that regulate the knowledgeable neurosugeons. By circumventing those protocols these neurosurgeons reduced them selves. In general I'm not disagreeing with your view, I think ppl…

yea maybe you should have, naming a political party sort of made me aware of your loyalty. and please don't make comments about "me and you being' anything together. I find it offensive when ppl claim assumptions about what I think, feel or am aware of and especially then when they try to group me with them. I am…

Sputnik 2 was not designed to be retrievable, and Laika had always been intended to die.[8] wikipedia.

Batman is scifi, twitter is internets. It works. Republicans are just jealous they don't have creative responses to ridiculous criticisms. Or that they don't have ridiculous criticisms to which they can respond creatively? If you have any scifi/tech relevant "Republican humor" drop it on the tips page, maybe it'll…

4d? that is had a time line?

This is too cute for something that ended in death.