adrenaline makes requests

An example of anthropomorphism in public science discourse:

"…and what that adrenaline is going to do, is, it is going to ask your heart to beat faster, it's going to ask your body for more oxygen…"

Dr. Andrew Baker

Dr. Andrew Baker (Hennepin County medical examiner) was giving evidence in the State of Minnesota v. Derek Michael Chauvin court case (27-CR-20-12646: State vs. Derek Chauvin)*

(* Read 'Do nerve signals travel faster than the speed of light?')

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Author: Keith

Former school and college science teacher, teacher educator, research supervisor, and research methods lecturer. Emeritus Professor of Science Education at the University of Cambridge.