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Re: 20 Questions - Game 23

#21 Post by damo666 » Wed Jun 29, 2022 10:45 am

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Re: 20 Questions - Game 23

#22 Post by Jamiet99uk » Wed Jun 29, 2022 10:46 am

Was he a scientician?
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#23 Post by Doug7878 » Wed Jun 29, 2022 10:55 am

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Re: 20 Questions - Game 23

#24 Post by Doug7878 » Wed Jun 29, 2022 10:56 am

Jamiet99uk wrote: ↑
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 Was he a scientician?
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#25 Post by Jamiet99uk » Wed Jun 29, 2022 10:58 am

Was he a physicist?
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Re: 20 Questions - Game 23

#26 Post by Doug7878 » Wed Jun 29, 2022 11:07 am

Jamiet99uk wrote: ↑
Wed Jun 29, 2022 10:58 am
 Was he a physicist?
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Re: 20 Questions - Game 23

#27 Post by cdngooner » Wed Jun 29, 2022 11:09 am

Was he a biologist?
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#28 Post by Doug7878 » Wed Jun 29, 2022 11:13 am

cdngooner wrote: ↑
Wed Jun 29, 2022 11:09 am
 Was he a biologist?
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Re: 20 Questions - Game 23

#29 Post by Doug7878 » Wed Jun 29, 2022 11:13 am

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1. White male
2. NOT BOTH a real person and alive
3. Real person (and)
3. Born in the Americas (and)
3. Deceased
4. Alive after 1970
5. NOT an entertainer
6. NOT divorced
7. NOT a politician
8. NOT a military figure
9. Scientician (which I will take to mean that he worked in the sciences)
10. NOT a physicist
11. NOT a biologist

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#30 Post by Jamiet99uk » Wed Jun 29, 2022 12:21 pm

Then presumably he was a biologist of some kind?

Is it Dr. Benjamin Spock?
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Re: 20 Questions - Game 23

#31 Post by Jamiet99uk » Wed Jun 29, 2022 12:21 pm

Jamiet99uk wrote: ↑
Wed Jun 29, 2022 12:21 pm
 Then presumably he was a biologist of some kind?

Is it Dr. Benjamin Spock?
SORRY! Retract all this, my phone browser didn't update!
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#32 Post by Jamiet99uk » Wed Jun 29, 2022 12:22 pm

I saw "not a physicist" and for some reason it wasn't showing gooner's question.
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Re: 20 Questions - Game 23

#33 Post by Jamiet99uk » Wed Jun 29, 2022 12:25 pm

I guess it's some kind of chemist.
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#34 Post by cdngooner » Wed Jun 29, 2022 1:16 pm

Chemist is one option. Also computer scientist, geologist, environmental scientist and possibly including social sciences.

Did he write at least one book that could be called a bestseller?
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Re: 20 Questions - Game 23

#35 Post by Doug7878 » Wed Jun 29, 2022 1:31 pm

cdngooner wrote: ↑
Wed Jun 29, 2022 1:16 pm
 Chemist is one option. Also computer scientist, geologist, environmental scientist and possibly including social sciences.

Did he write at least one book that could be called a bestseller?
No.
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Re: 20 Questions - Game 23

#36 Post by cdngooner » Wed Jun 29, 2022 1:42 pm

Hard to fathom how a scientist who never wrote a popular book could meet the 50% Dart Test. Ideas anyone?
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Re: 20 Questions - Game 23

#37 Post by Doug7878 » Wed Jun 29, 2022 1:59 pm

Regarding my last answer. The person wrote some books - most not for the general public. However, one of his books was less technical and did sell half a million copies over a span of time.
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Re: 20 Questions - Game 23

#38 Post by Hamish » Wed Jun 29, 2022 1:59 pm

Could be an economist, psychologist. But I agree, most scientists write books. Maybe the term bestseller is a bit vague. I guess the standard for a fiction bestseller is a lot higher than a scientific bestseller, so if you measure the sales of a scientific book by the standard for fiction.....
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Re: 20 Questions - Game 23

#39 Post by Hamish » Wed Jun 29, 2022 2:00 pm

Doug7878 wrote: ↑
Wed Jun 29, 2022 1:59 pm
 Regarding my last answer. The person wrote some books - most not for the general public. However, one of his books was less technical and did sell half a million copies over a span of time.
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Re: 20 Questions - Game 23

#40 Post by Jamiet99uk » Wed Jun 29, 2022 2:02 pm

Hamish wrote: ↑
Wed Jun 29, 2022 1:59 pm
 Could be an economist, psychologist. But I agree, most scientists write books. Maybe the term bestseller is a bit vague. I guess the standard for a fiction bestseller is a lot higher than a scientific bestseller, so if you measure the sales of a scientific book by the standard for fiction.....
Economics is a social science but I don't think most people would regard an economist as a "scientist".
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