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(Yet) Another Year End List

Posted by Hemos on from the if-kansas-is-said-"kan-zize"-why-isn't-it-"ar-kanzize" dept.

gordonb writes "New Scientist has yet another of those endless end-of-year lists, "13 things that do not make sense", including such topics discussed on Slashdot this year as the placebo effect, dark energy, and the ever-popular cold fusion. I know there are a lot more than 13 things that don't make sense, such as free markets, but, oxymorons aside, this is an interesting list, nevertheless."

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  1. Re:Free markets an oxymoron? by bhima · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Well... I think he's right and it's not a troll. So one man's milk is another's garbage.

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  2. I'm rating you -1 Didn't get the joke by dangitman · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    It's pretty rich to complain about a drop in standards when you are too stupid to get a joke. Let's replace the submitted oxymoron with another:

    Military Intelligence

    Would you have reacted so bitterly if that was the joke that was used? Knowing slashdot, sadly, there probably someone out there who will come out and argue, in all seriousness, about the intelligence of the military, and how their uncle was a genius at Mil Intel.

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    ... and then they built the supercollider.