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Posted by: pagey 2 years, 6 months ago

An experiment carried out today with tens of thousands of human lab rats who attended the German music festival Rock at the Ring. The idea of enlisting rock-crazed youths to advance geological science got started when the creators of a science program on German television asked themselves what would happen if the entire Chinese population eng

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  • Avg rating: (+0/-0 0)Rigel
    Rigel
    June 7, 2007, 12:46 a.m.

    Ha, this is cool.

    • Avg rating: (+6/-7 -1)GregD
      GregD
      June 7, 2007, 12:49 a.m.

      Can you say, "too much time on your hands"?

      • Avg rating: (+0/-0 0)Beau7890
        Beau7890
        June 7, 2007, 1:08 a.m.

        For more on this question, see this analysis, from 23 years ago. (Sorry about the sarcasm in the article--"Cecil Adams" has become slightly more humble since then.)

        http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a1_155.html

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