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Offline Clark

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[Humor!] The lighter side of full disclosure by a "surgeon."
« on: February 06, 2014, 11:31:50 AM »
http://what-if.xkcd.com/82/

Worth reading all the way to the end!

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"Would you rather bet a million dollars on a spacecraft landing engineer's ability to successfully perform eye surgery, or an eye surgeon's ability to land a probe on a comet?"

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Re: [Humor!] The lighter side of full disclosure by a "surgeon."
« Reply #1 on: February 07, 2014, 06:48:34 AM »
Too cute! ;D

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Re: [Humor!] The lighter side of full disclosure by a "surgeon."
« Reply #2 on: February 17, 2014, 10:14:11 PM »
Hello. Ide place bet on engineer doing eye surgery
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Re: [Humor!] The lighter side of full disclosure by a "surgeon."
« Reply #3 on: February 18, 2014, 08:13:36 AM »
Agreed, but does one's perspective change if the eye surgery is on yourself? Someone you love? How about if the comet seems to be headed for the Earth? Meaning, do the stakes change the bet?
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