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February 05 2010

kaleb
14:08

Why the First Cowboy To Draw Always Gets Shot

Shared by Kaleb Hornsby
Slashdot, where the hell is the verb in the second sentence? What the heck?
cremeglace writes "Have you ever noticed that the first cowboy to draw his gun in a Hollywood Western is invariably the one to get shot? Nobel-winning physicist Niels Bohr did, once arranging mock duels to test the validity of this cinematic curiosity. Researchers have now confirmed that people indeed move faster if they are reacting, rather than acting first."

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