My Favorite Experiment…
in cartoon form:
And just to be contentious, Walter Isaacson on Einstein’s view of God & probability:
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Now you can tour the Sistine Chapel from anywhere on earth! I love Chinese art! HK, here I come! I would love to kick it with this kid:Haha! I hope my kids have this much fire for life! Apollo 13 might not have turned out as we originally thought…: I want this for inside my…
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Why you needn’t worry about dying in a terrorist attack: Over the past decade, according to BTS, there have been 99,320,309 commercial airline departures that either originated or landed within the United States. Dividing by six, we get one terrorist incident per 16,553,385 departures. These departures flew a collective 69,415,786,000 miles. That means there has…
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Today’s scientific thingies to pique your intellectual-curiositybone: NBA players have just an easy time with the long shots as the close ones: How good are NBA players? Well, get this: They’re just as accurate from 21 to 25 feet away as they are from 1 to 5 feet. Sound unbelievable? Take a look at the…
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you can count on from me this week are videos. Here are a few more from TED to keep you occupied… Clifford Stoll on everything:I wish I had a prof like this! Josh Klein on the intelligence of crows: Jonathan Haidt on the difference between conservatives and liberals: Copyrighted under Creative Commons for Kevin Johnston…
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