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It really does help to have some encouragement in this.<\/p>\n<p>According to WordPress, I am becoming known across teh Intertubes as a expert on &#8220;genotopia, dorkins, and thalassophilia.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>I also briefly <a href=\"https:\/\/scienceblog.com\/genotopia\/235\/life-imitates-satire-and-scholarship\/\">fooled an MD<\/a> (but not a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aakp.org\/aakp-library\/Renal-Social-Worker\/\">nephrology social worker<\/a>), ribbed and made friends with a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Here-Is-Human-Being-Personal\/dp\/B00A1AAJ00\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1357910964&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=misha+angrist\">genome exhibitionist<\/a>, found pink ribbons in <a href=\"https:\/\/scienceblog.com\/genotopia\/223\/pinxploitation-the-grand-finale\/\">disturbing places<\/a>, invented several new genes, and summoned an <a href=\"https:\/\/scienceblog.com\/genotopia\/126\/whos-laughlin-now-exclusive-interview-with-expired-eugenicist-extraordinaire\/\">old eugenicist<\/a> from the dead.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Hey, it&#8217;s a living&#8211;oh, wait&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the whole report:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/jetpack.me\/annual-report\/20690792\/2012\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/jetpack.me\/annual-report\/20690792\/2012\/<\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A quick thank you to the 126,000 or so eyeballs that fell upon these pages in 2012, and especially to fred bortz, misha, kw, and others who commented on my posts. 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According to &#8230; <a title=\"And in summary&#8230;\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/scienceblog.com\/genotopia\/251\/and-in-summary\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about And in summary&#8230;\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[222,219,217,218,216,220,221],"class_list":["post-251","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-222","tag-fred-bortz","tag-harry-laughlin","tag-misha-angrist","tag-pinxploitation-2","tag-statistics","tag-summary"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.4 (Yoast SEO v27.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>And in summary... - Genotopia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/scienceblog.com\/genotopia\/251\/and-in-summary\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"And in summary...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A quick thank you to the 126,000 or so eyeballs that fell upon these pages in 2012, and especially to fred bortz, misha, kw, and others who commented on my posts. 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