BioWare did their homework :D

For those of you who listened to EDI's explanation of the Normandy's Briefing Room, this will look familiar. Found it linked from Reddit. http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/arxiv/24759/ The first few paragraphs contain the same concept outlined in the game :P It all may be speculation and theory, but I appreciate that BioWare actually took the time to make it spot-on .