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Offer a male fruit fly a choice between food soaked in alcohol and its nonalcoholic equivalent, and his decision will depend on whether he's mated recently or been rejected by a female. Flies that have been given the cold shoulder are more likely to go for the booze, researchers have found.

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Originally posted by pizmobeach:
Thank god we aren't wasting these funds on cancer research!

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Originally posted by pizmobeach:
Thank god we aren't wasting these funds on cancer research!

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Is cancer now the only thing causing any problems in the world? Is addiction research all just wasted effort?


What reason had proved best ceased to look absurd to the eye, which shows how idle it is to think anything ridiculous except what is wrong.

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Thank god we aren't wasting these funds on cancer research!

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Is cancer now the only thing causing any problems in the world? Is addiction research all just wasted effort?

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What a truly stupid pair of assumptions
If you're just trying to pick a fight fine, let's go.

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I'm not trying to pick any fight; I am genuinely puzzled at your sarcastic comment dismissing research into addictive behavior, indicating that funds should be spent on cancer research instead, and so I questioned it. The implication of your statement is that cancer is the only, or at least the most important, venue of research. Another implication is that funding is wasted on this addiction research, as you dismissed it out of hand with your ironic wit. You should bear in mind that my questions arose from your own implications and blithe dismissal of the subject. And if my semi-sarcastic phrasing has offended you, bear in mind that I was responding to your own sarcasm.
Instead of maligning my character and intelligence, perhaps you should instead defend your statement? Or, alternately, retract it? Unless you're just trying to pick a fight, in which case I'm not interested.

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