09 June 2009
Five Experiments on How Human Nature Will Affect Our Long-Term Survival -A Galaxy Classic
Five Experiments on How Human Nature Will Affect Our Long-Term Survival -A Galaxy Classic: "Human behavior is often inexplicably bizarre, destructive and counterintuitive, and yet we’ve made it this far."
08 June 2009
07 June 2009
04 June 2009
You Fail Economics Forever - Television Tropes & Idioms
You Fail Economics Forever - Television Tropes & Idioms: "This violent collision leaves a few absolutes to take refuge behind, and a wide open mine field for catastrophic assumptions and mistakes, and prime Flame Bait. This is probably one of the reasons Thomas Carlyle called economics 'the dismal science'."
31 May 2009
Fasting May Improve Cancer Chemotherapy
Fasting May Improve Cancer Chemotherapy: "Fasting prior to cancer chemotherapy treatment may significantly enhance the cancer-killing effects of the drugswhile protecting healthy cells from damage."
19 May 2009
16 May 2009
XKCDB: The #xkcd Quote Database
XKCDB: The #xkcd Quote Database: "A mathematician, a physicist, and a biologist see two people walk into an empty building. A while later they see three people walk back out. The biologist says 'they must have multiplied'. The physicist says 'no, our initial count was likely off'. The mathematician nods sagely and says 'actually, if one more person walks into the building then it will be empty again'."
13 May 2009
The Ten Most Revealing Psych Experiments
The Ten Most Revealing Psych Experiments: "Some of the experiments psychologists have conducted over the years reveal things about the way we humans think and behave that we might not want to embrace, but which can at least help keep us humble. That's something."
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