That and other wonderful quotes, along with some terrifically terrifying ideas, available here at a list of some 20 of the most bizarre scientific experiments of the last several hundred years.
It includes not only the classics (stanley milgram and stanford prison) but also some things that are truly bizarre. Go, read it, if not for [...]
If you’re wondering about this whole “end of history,” or so called “technological singularity” that some believe is probable within this century, you would do well to read this post about the quickening (it’s right underneath some weird comic) that doctor klomp hypothesized approximately 300,000 years ago. It bears remarkable resemblance to what is going [...]
The NSA has got a kids’ website. Just thought you might like to know.
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Expect that their hot air will cool the planet.
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Because a “news source” has recently brought to my attention the fact that the more fundamentalist christians are, the more they are against any form of contraception, and the more children they have. Whereas we, intelligent that we are, realize the horrible problems that are caused by having too many children (both on a personal [...]
In the case of a zombie apocalypse you don’t have to worry about having to face down a zombie einstein, and the correlated ethical dilemmas involved such as “Do I destroy the brain of possibly the smartest man who ever lived, or do I save my own living brain?”
You don’t have to worry about it [...]
