Comments on: Arsenic life and all that: My new book review for the Wall Street Journal http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2011/04/22/arsenic-life-and-all-that-my-new-book-review-for-the-wall-street-journal/ Mon, 04 Feb 2013 17:13:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Georg http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2011/04/22/arsenic-life-and-all-that-my-new-book-review-for-the-wall-street-journal/#comment-16130 Georg Sun, 24 Apr 2011 13:08:19 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/?p=4456#comment-16130 ""But these portrayals don’t match the reality of the arsenic life saga. I find the manufactured dichotomy between the supposed mavericks and the mean-spirited critics to be particularly off target."" Did You ever take away a childs toy? “”But these portrayals don’t match the reality of the arsenic life saga. I find the manufactured dichotomy between the supposed mavericks and the mean-spirited critics to be particularly off target.”"

Did You ever take away a childs toy?

]]> By: Matt B. http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2011/04/22/arsenic-life-and-all-that-my-new-book-review-for-the-wall-street-journal/#comment-16129 Matt B. Sat, 23 Apr 2011 23:27:02 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/?p=4456#comment-16129 I'm sure I don't have all the relevant information here, but just because someone is influential doesn't mean they're right. The pro-arsenic life study kicked off a huge debate, and that's influence. "Gorey" should be "gory", since normally a silent <i>e</i> gets dropped when a suffix that starts with a vowel gets added. I’m sure I don’t have all the relevant information here, but just because someone is influential doesn’t mean they’re right. The pro-arsenic life study kicked off a huge debate, and that’s influence.

“Gorey” should be “gory”, since normally a silent e gets dropped when a suffix that starts with a vowel gets added.

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