Nano Spaceships to the Stars
This story from MSNBC.com says it might be possible.
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A Note on Statistical Deception
I recently saw a comment asserting that “people lie, but numbers don’t lie.” This should be put up against this: “There are lies, damn lies, and statistics.” Numbers indeed don’t lie. They’re just numbers, but like “guns don’t kill, people kill” (though they often do it more efficiently with guns), so numbers don’t lie, but…
