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Scientists Invent Scientist

An anonymous reader writes "From the Boston Globe: 'Researchers said yesterday that they have created the world's first robotic scientist, a system that can form theories, devise experiments, and then carry out the experiments almost entirely without human help.' Now, if it could file patents and lawsuits, it would be ready to enter today's world of technology."

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  1. FP!! by inkedmn · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    word to the ghoppaz!!!

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  2. wow by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Robots. What's it all about? Is it good, or is it whack?

  3. 'stuff that matters' shortage continues? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    va lairIE/robbIE answer yOUR questions interview (Score:mynuts won, don't meNTion that corepirate nazi felon execrable is also clonabull?)
    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday January 15, @06:04AM (#7983896)
    postponed/delayed?

    that's right. we're having a little trouble coming up with questions that match the ?pr firm? scriptdead 'answers' we've already herd. & then there's the thing with the won-eyed girl's health paypers, & proposed co-location with the illegal aliens on the georgewellian fuddite corepirate nazi felon moon/mars/bars shot, & time machine projects.

    keep trying. remember, keep it simple.

    consult with/trust in yOUR creators.... no questions/doubrs/fears will remain unaddressed. see you there?

  4. In Soviet Russia, by tr0llx0r · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    theories test YOU!

    1. Re:In Soviet Russia, by peterprior · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      I wish I had mod points....

  5. Re:Roll Up, Roll Up by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    The existence of "foreigners" is a common liberal myth. The self-styled intellectual elite, attempting to push their own petty agendas on the rest of us, invented the idea of "foreigners" to lay a guilt trip on the rest of the country.
    FACT: Nothing exists outside the US! There is only vast ocean, we occupy the entirety of Pangea. (The existence of multiple continents is yet another liberal myth, which we'll discuss next time).
    FACT: Although the "foreigners" lie was created and popularized by liberals, it has recently been picked up by conservatives. The Bush administration relies heavily on scare tactics involving hostile "foreigners" as a way of grabbing unconstitutional levels of power.
    FACT: You may meet people in daily life who claim to be "foreigners" and illegal "immigrants". These people are merely telling you that false story because they're trying to get out of paying taxes.
    FACT: "Foreign" languages are simply elaborate codes used by spies to talk in secret. These spies are everywhere, and they are determined to steal your genes for use in horrible cloning experiments. Don't trust anyone who speaks a "foreign" language!
    FACT: The word "foreign" comes from the combination of "for" and "reign". The word was invented for reign-for perpetuating the reign of dishonest liberals and unconstitutional governments. Don't let them fool you!

  6. Skynet goes online... by meltoast · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    On January 14th 2004, Skynet went online.

    So do the missiles launch today?

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