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We get hints that Paul’s previous self was a louse, but Holland’s smile is so soft that it’s hard to believe he was ever a nasty, selfish jerk.

In this case, he says, “Isaac didn’t handle the situation well with Hamilton, but he had a leg to stand on. So the story was helped by Hamilton being a bit of a jerk.”

Seizures affect people in different ways - symptoms include jerking and shaking, becoming stiff and losing awareness - and can mean regular visits to accident-and-emergency units.

"The magnetic field has had jerks at various times in the past few decades, and we'd like to know if that is related to what we're seeing at the inner core boundary," he said.

No, the preferred way to play-act "normal American man" is to be a massive jerk.