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The World in 2009, according to The Economist. Why we can’t believe economic predictions, according to Slate.
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Whack-A-Mouse. Kitties love arcade games, too!
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The only known wreck of a slave ship has been found off the Turks and Caicos Islands. Descendants of the survivors still live on those islands.
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The Ten Greatest Videos of Animals Playing Sports. All classics. All just as funny years later.
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The Most Unethical Psychological Experiments. This is where the term “scarred for life” comes from.
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The “Dance Your PhD” contest has become an annual event. A little boogie must be a welcome relief from defending your dissertation. (via Metafilter)
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The Pen Is Mightier, an action-packed-epic-romantic-war-thriller -drama-saga starring… office supplies!
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Nine Holiday Gifts That Send a Message. If the message isn’t obvious, just go ahead and enjoy the gift.
The “Most Unethical Psychological Experiments” link takeds you to a site called “So Weirdo”. The list is a word for word rip off from a list that first appeared on listverse.com. They even stole the same pictures.
sad really.
If anyone has not heard of listverse.com, i say check it out. It\s got some cool stuff.
posted by Del Davis on 12-1-2008 at 8:07 am
Thanks, Del! I found it, published a couple of months ago, and changed the link.
posted by Miss Cellania on 12-1-2008 at 8:32 am
That list is depressing, anyway.
posted by Johnny Cat on 12-1-2008 at 1:12 pm
Re “Dance your thesis”: Numbers 1 and 3 are marvelous!!!! Not only are they entertaining but I CAN SEE THE SCIENCE! (now that it has been explained to me)> This is even more amazing when you consider that I am 70 y/o and flunked out of college in my soph year.
posted by Ken on 12-1-2008 at 7:28 pm
Thanks for the “Dance Your Ph.D.” link! As a Ph.D. student currently teaching a course on the arts in regular classrooms it’s quite relevant (not to mention cool!). I almost wish I were a science major just so I could enter. :)
posted by Kristen on 12-2-2008 at 12:47 am