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Odds-on Science

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the always-bet-on-red dept.

utopia27 writes "According to article in New Scientist, a UK-based bookie will be taking bets for two weeks on major science benchmarks (specifically, odds of implementation by 2010). The ponies are life on Titan, 10,000:1, gravitational waves, 500:1, the Higgs boson, 6:1, cosmic ray origins, 4:1, and nuclear fusion, 100:1."

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  1. As my dad often said... by fiannaFailMan · · Score: 5, Insightful

    go into any bookies' and you'll find four windows for paying in, only one window for paying out.

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    Drill baby drill - on Mars