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Worst Metaphors of All TimeA major new achievement is being reported in research into Stone Man Syndrome (fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva), a progressive disease in which muscle is changed into bone. Frederick Kaplan, the principal investigator on the team that recently pinpointed a gene responsible for the disease commented as follows: The substitution of one genetic letter for another out of six billion genetic letters in the human genome is like a molecular terrorist that short-circuits a functioning set of muscles and connective tissues and transforms them into a second skeleton, in essence turning a light bulb into an atom bomb. This is the first time I’ve heard of a terrorist with a modus operandus of transforming things into a second skeleton. This isn’t a metaphor, its the placement of the words “molecular terrorist” next to an explanation of the problem. And how does getting a second skeleton resemble the changing of a light bulb into an atom bomb? How could you change a light bulb into an atom bomb by way of making genetic changes? Or any small change for that matter? Who makes these kinds of quotes for effect? That’s all it is: stupid hype to make his research sound critical. Science should not be about that. And the sad thing is that his result will likely lead to new treatments for the people who have this fatal condition, so it was already a breakthrough — terrorists and atom bombs notwithstanding. What a dork.
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