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"In the following pairs of excerpts, which sample, A or B, is from a Royal Society letter, explaining earnest scientific endeavor, and which is the work of a deeply skeptical satirist in the guise of Lemuel Gulliver? "
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It even includes a book about science...
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"The scene was not unlike 12 Angry Men (or, in this case, 3 Shlubby Men, 1 Exasperated Woman, And A Dude On Speaker Phone From Arkansas): Armed with lists of their favorite movies of the decade, the five core A.V. Club film writers spent days sequestered in a stuffy, un-air-conditioned room--okay, it was actually just a few hours, and we were comfortable--in an effort to forge consensus on the Top 50 films of the '00s. The result: A ranked list that is in no way arbitrary and will serve as the canonical standard for decades to come. You're welcome. "
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