One example doesn't prove any theory about human behavior. Studies on these questions need hundreds of subjects.

I fear watching it has in some way reprogrammed my brain and... ALL GLORY TO THE HIPNOTOAD.

So you're saying that you're anecdotal evidence is more valid than the scientific study?

Well, there won't be an investigation with a witty detective and his sidekick, so either he gives the clues in a way the reader/viewer can undertand it or it remains a mistery. It's not a murder mistery novel.

Big whoop. Anybody can have computers with the aliens' help...

Also, I wonder why people obssess so much with dinossaurs, as if theirs is the only mass extinction that ever happenned. Why not theorize that one of the other countless species who disappeared not because of any inability to adapt, but because their environment went ballistic on them, could have developed…

Wow.. ghosts from the past. It's been 15 months, man... hehe.

Appropriate or not, the product sure is powerful. Even the guys stubble went away.

If he comes back less priestly, it makes it worth killing him.

Am I the only one who was extremely disappointed by "The Long Earth"?

Congratulation, Sir. You are a winner!

Io9 works with a system of tags, which is really useful and easy to use.

It's the absence of breasts. It's no wonder artists of sci-fi and fantasy always give breasts to females, even when they are on the chest of a non-mammal specie like lizard women, or bird women, or serve no physiological function as is the case of a robot.

People with Capgras syndrome will recognize voices normally and associate them with their owners. The problem is with visual recognition only.

Congratulations, Charlie Jane. I'm very happy for you.

How about Mr. Fantastic and Invisible Woman? They were a couple before they gained powers, but still it fits.

He was being honest about not knowing, which is indeed of the utmost importance. But a science instructor should know basic science, not just his own field of expertise. And therein lies the problem.

The napster logo is the obvious inspiration here, but it had a cat instead of an alien.

I did not find a way to listen to it. Am I doing something wrong?

I guess I didn't explain it all the way.