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Nature 451, 127 (10 January 2008) | doi:10.1038/451127d; Published online 9 January 2008

Schizophrenia is a disease, so electrons aren't at risk

Ronald Chase1

  1. Department of Biology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec H3A 1B1, Canada

In your News & Views article 'Schizophrenic electrons' (Nature 450, 492–493; 2007), electrons are called 'schizophrenic' because they display split personalities. This inappropriate use of metaphor perpetuates a misunderstanding of a serious illness.

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