As I have said previously, this program should be terminated as a failed experiment and the Navy should join with the Coast Guard in a common hull.

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"Floresiensis was a failed experiment that lasted to within the last 50, 000 years or so and we are the last survivors of all these other experiments in evolving humans".

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Steve Jobs would never have kept a product that continues to lose money because in the long run, other companies will overtake it with better products and it would just be a giant failed experiment.

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So, the Beckham experiment was a gamble that failed to pay off.

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They also failed to pick the cheapest fund, and in a survey after the experiment listed fees as the fifth most important factor in making their decision, behind performance.

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However, the scenarios included multiple rounds of negotiation, so there was room for give-and-take: in a third experiment, with negotiation focused on a single issue, mimicry failed to have its desired effect.

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