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Submitting "Nuking the Fridge" To Scientific Peer Review

Posted by samzenpus on from the leave-Indiana-alone dept.

An anonymous reader writes "George Lucas claims there was 'a 50/50 chance' Indiana Jones could survive the atomic blast in Legend of the Crystal Skull by hiding inside a refrigerator. Dr. David Shechner subjects this claim to rigorous peer review, and his findings are not good news for people looking to hide from nukes in appliances."

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  1. Re:"Rigorous peer review" by Ethanol-fueled · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    In the September 2011 issue of Wired that rests happily on the top of my shitter, there is a description of a paper written by Economist Paul Krugman called The Theory of Interstellar Trade, which states that empires cannot work on a galactic scale due to the fact that round trips of several hundred years are likely, even at speeds close to the speed of light. Food spoils. Natural resources aren't worth the energy it takes to transport them. Colonies can't be governed.

    The paper ignores other sci-fi contructs like wormholes and hyperspace, which are considered Bantha poodoo.

  2. Re:"Rigorous peer review" by aiht · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    ... The Theory of Interstellar Trade, ...

    Is the acronym intentional, I wonder...?
    And no, I do not mean TTOIT.