John Giorgis said:

> What sort of research?

First we flash-freeze your brain in superfluid helium. Then we start
dissecting it with high-energy electron beams...

(The Langford Basilisk was invented by the fan-writer David Langford,
winner of vast numbers of Hugo awards, and has since entered sf lore.
It's referenced in Egan's _Permutation City_, for example, and is
probably the inspiration for the eponymous effect in Stephenson's _Snow
Crash_. The Basilisk is an image that will crash the human mind. I just
though that the ability of a single word to induce nausea, an effect
that seems to me quite remarkable, might be a useful stepping stone on
the path to such a Basilisk.)

Rich
GCU Just Too Geeky

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