# What is IT?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-it/49639>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [January 12, 2001, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-it/49639 "2001-01-12T03:57:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![Krispy\_Original](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ec9cab/32.png) [@Krispy\_Original](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Krispy_Original)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2001, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-it/49639/1 "2001-01-12T03:57:00Z")

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I’ve just read an interesting article about some super secret invention of a scientist by the name of Dean Kamen.

The invention is so secret that we don’t even know what IT is.

The tone of the article suggests that this invention may be the greatest of all time.

What is IT?

[http://www.inside.com/jcs/Story?article\_id=20218&pod\_id=8](http://www.inside.com/jcs/Story?article_id=20218&pod_id=8)

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**Author:** ![JDM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/90db22/32.png) [@JDM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JDM)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2001, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-it/49639/2 "2001-01-12T03:59:22Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Krispy Original \*  
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> What is IT?
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IT is deja vu all over again. JDM

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**Author:** ![Krispy\_Original](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ec9cab/32.png) [@Krispy\_Original](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Krispy_Original)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2001, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-it/49639/3 "2001-01-12T04:03:12Z")

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**JDM,**

I don’t understand what you mean by that.

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**Author:** ![Krispy\_Original](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ec9cab/32.png) [@Krispy\_Original](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Krispy_Original)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2001, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-it/49639/4 "2001-01-12T04:08:04Z")

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I didn’t know Dean Kamen, but a quick search turned up this:

[http://www.awards.heinz.org/kamen.html](http://www.awards.heinz.org/kamen.html)

…seems like a legitimate scientist to me…

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**Author:** ![Krispy\_Original](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ec9cab/32.png) [@Krispy\_Original](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Krispy_Original)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2001, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-it/49639/5 "2001-01-12T04:24:56Z")

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I now see what JDM means…there already exists a thread about IT here in the GD forum.

Moderator: Please close or delete this this thread.

Sorry for the duplication.

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**Author:** ![Gaudere](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e495f1/32.png) [@Gaudere](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gaudere)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2001, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-it/49639/6 "2001-01-12T04:46:13Z")

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[Moderator Hat ON]

Closed at the request of the OP.

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