Mars Rover Should Not Get So Much Attention, Say Higgs-Boson Scientists

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I'm embarrassed by how long it took my to realize I was reading satire - but in case anybody missed it the author is Andy Borowitz - it's definitely satire.

I started out saying 'Oh really!?' and then realized it was pretty well done satire. When I hit this quote:

“I don’t think we should be too quick to use the word ‘scientist’ here. Honestly, anyone can grow a Mohawk and put on a headset and look cool and all, but that hardly makes you a scientist. Let’s see some of these dudes discover a particle or something along those lines. I mean, come on.”

I just knew it was not serious.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poes_law

I think Mars Rover deserves more attention than that of Olympics.

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