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Re:Student invention grows hundreds of ‘mini-brains’ at once by koluft on Monday May 02, 2016 @11:47AM (#11612422)
>“My thought was, okay, let’s just wait. If he is serious, he’s going to ask me again,” says Song, professor of neurology

This is a horribly destructive attitude, that promotes salesmanship over technical talent.

Re:Student invention grows hundreds of ‘mini-brains’ at once by GFK_of_xmaspast on Monday May 02, 2016 @11:55AM (#11612505)
You might be amazed at the level of flakiness among high school students.
Re:Student invention grows hundreds of ‘mini-brains’ at once by patall on Monday May 02, 2016 @03:37PM (#11614794)
I totally agree (and at the same time assume that just the story he tell now, he probably just ignored it because he gets hundreds of emails a day. When he got the third he may have thought: I should say something before he spams me the whole day). Its a typical strategy that works as long as not everyone is doing it.
Re:Student invention grows hundreds of ‘mini-brains’ at once by fapjacks on Monday May 02, 2016 @04:00PM (#11615033)
And they're certainly going to be doing it now!