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    Bad Driving Could be in Your Genes

    Have Science Fiction Books Become Too Self-Referential?

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    Image of icy_one icy_one
    10/28/09

    In reply to Bad Driving Could be in Your Genes
    I would have guessed double X chromosomes. #drivinggene
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    Image of Jeremy Tapsell Jeremy Tapsell
    10/28/09

    @icy_one: ooohhhh.. watch out man...

    nope not with me... (pulls at collar) #drivinggene
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    Image of ronsavoy ronsavoy
    10/28/09

    In reply to Bad Driving Could be in Your Genes
    Umm, I'm not sure it's my driving I'd be worried about if I found out I had a gene that adversely affected my memory... what about, oh, I don't know, LEARNING? And generally not being an idiot?? #drivinggene
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    Image of psychiccheese psychiccheese
    10/28/09

    @ronsavoy: it's okay. after you find out you have the gene, you'll forget it in a couple days anyways. #drivinggene
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    Image of EtrnL_Frost EtrnL_Frost
    10/28/09

    In reply to Bad Driving Could be in Your Genes
    This... is kind of flawed. Too many variables there. What if they had navigators? You might find that some people with the crappy BDNF genes might put faster lap times than people with good BDNF genes, if you gave everyone the same navigator. This is more about memory, not about driving. And while memory helps w/re: to race driving, that is rendered moot when considering accidents. I.e. Person A might be able to find home better/faster than Person B, but en route, Person B might be able to better avoid the accident then Person A, because Person B is a "better driver".

    I guess, this means then, they have to define "better driver", and quantify it.

    Rereading the article (dur): I guess if you consider though, that the deficient person couldn't keep the car on track... hell, even without a navigator you should still be able to keep the car relatively on the racing line, using breaking markers and visual cues. Of course, if the driving course included blind curves, that assumption is eliminated...
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    Image of InsertBullets InsertBullets
    10/28/09

    In reply to Bad Driving Could be in Your Genes
    can we get the results of the study for just the women of Asian heritage? #drivinggene
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    Image of omgwtflolbbqbye omgwtflolbbqbye
    10/28/09

    @InsertBullets: Damn, you beat me to it!

    Still:

    1/3 of Americans are Asian Women?
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    Edited by omgwtflolbbqbye at 10/28/09 12:57 PM omgwtflolbbqbye was starred omgwtflolbbqbye was unstarred
    Image of Nelson Nelson
    10/28/09

    @InsertBullets: also beat me to it. was going to make a joke about the study being conducted at UC Irvine. (Asians account for 58% of student body)

    Get it?...Account? Heyoooooo!

    My last name is Chen, so I'm allowed to make these stupid remarks. #drivinggene
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    Image of Pope John Peeps II Pope John Peeps II
    10/28/09

    @Nelson: I think that's still racist... but maybe it's just funnier? #drivinggene
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    Image of MonkeyT MonkeyT
    10/28/09

    In reply to Bad Driving Could be in Your Genes
    Not being tall enough to see over the steering wheel is genetic, and it seems to be directly tied to bad driving. #drivinggene
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    Image of ManchuCandidate ManchuCandidate
    10/28/09

    In reply to Bad Driving Could be in Your Genes
    Does this mean DNA tests for auto insurance? #drivinggene
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    Image of AmishJohn AmishJohn
    03/27/09

    In reply to Have Science Fiction Books Become Too Self-Referential?
    Those who can, do.
    Those who can't, teach.
    Those who can't teach, review.
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    Image of Grey_Area Grey_Area
    03/27/09

    @AmishJohn: I have that misspelled on my business cards.
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    Image of Pope John Peeps II Pope John Peeps II
    03/27/09

    @AmishJohn: Not exactly. Those who can usually also review. And that's most of the problem.


    People whose jobs are solely reviewing and writing about books are usually pretty sensible and rational. They know their place and are only trying to write accurate and exploratory things about books.


    I should know. I'm a book reviewer up here in canada.

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    Image of Pope John Peeps II Pope John Peeps II
    03/27/09

    @Pope John Peeps II: oh right. point is that people who grind other reputations down are usually themselves novelists, and so defend their art with a sort of vested interest.
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    Image of Greasy Thumb Guzik Greasy Thumb Guzik
    03/28/09

    @AmishJohn:

    I have it as those that can't teach become administrators & those that can't administrate become school board members.
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    Image of AmishJohn AmishJohn
    03/28/09

    @Greasy Thumb Guzik: @Pope John Peeps II: True, but that wouldn't have worked here, right?
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    Image of Grey_Area Grey_Area
    03/27/09

    In reply to Have Science Fiction Books Become Too Self-Referential?
    All book reviewers suck. They are far too concerned with destroying each others reputations and pandering to current popular tastes. Am I right all you wonderful io9 readers?!
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    Image of Pope John Peeps II Pope John Peeps II
    03/27/09

    @Grey_Area: No.
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    Image of Moff Moff
    03/27/09

    @Grey_Area: Good God. You're worse than Goebbels.
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    Image of Pope John Peeps II Pope John Peeps II
    03/27/09

    @Moff: HA hahaha. that's very funny.
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    Image of Grey_Area Grey_Area
    03/27/09

    @Pope John Peeps II: He is funnier than Himmler.
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    Image of Moff Moff
    03/27/09

    @Grey_Area: And foxier than Rommel.
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    Image of Grey_Area Grey_Area
    03/27/09

    @Moff: Oh man, that joke is deader than Franco!
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    Image of Pope John Peeps II Pope John Peeps II
    03/27/09

    @Moff: You guys are HITLERious.
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    Image of AmishJohn AmishJohn
    03/28/09

    @Pope John Peeps II: Your post is full of GodWIN.
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