January 2012
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Why a classic psychology experiment isn’t what it... →
science: Priming is a psychological phenomenon in which being exposed to a word or a stereotype can make us more likely to later act according to the prior stimulus, even if we have no conscious recollection of it. For example, people are more likely to complete a word stem like “TH” with “think” if they were previously exposed to that word. One widely cited study published in 1996 found that...
Jan 27th
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Back To Basics
Internet with my old laptop + my old phone as modem. Doing it the old-school way. XD
Jan 27th
DAY 2 WITHOUT INTERNET
Jan 21st
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“The early bird might get the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese.”
Jan 19th
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FACTS THAT WILL SCARE THE SHIT OUT OF YOU
FACT #3: The cassowary is the world’s most dangerous bird: it weighs over a hundred pounds, can run thirty miles per hour, and jump over three feet high. New Guinea tribesmen use the cassowary’s sharp claws as spearheads. Attacks on humans have resulted in broken bones and even death. Why aren’t we eating these things? Source: Brendan Borrell, “Invasion of the Cassowaries,”...
Jan 19th
Jan 19th
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FACTS THAT WILL SCARE THE SHIT OUT OF YOU
FACT #2: A five-year-old English girl nearly died in early 2009 after she had swallowed so much of her own hair that it became a rope-like structure that wrapped around her organs—a condition known as Rapunzel Syndrome. “Hair today, gone tomorrow.” Source: Luke Salkeld and Alison Smith Squire, “The Real-Life Rapunzel: The Moral of Millie’s Grim Tale Is, Don’t Chew Your...
Jan 18th
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FACTS THAT WILL SCARE THE SHIT OUT OF YOU
FACT #1: The moon is moving away from Earth at a rate of 3.8 centimeters per year. We have a guy up there measuring it. You should see his ruler. Source: Neil F. Comins, Discovering the Essential Universe, 4th ed. (Macmillan, 2008).
Jan 18th
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Jan 18th
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Holly Black's Tumblr: The new COVERS and BLACK... →
hollyblack: So by now, you may have seen the new covers for the Curse Worker series. If not, here they are: This has proven to be a tricky series to find the right jackets for and I am really excited by this new direction. It was described to me as the sort of cover…
Jan 18th
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NASA satellite shows first glimpse of the world’s... →
Jan 18th
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“I’ve been believing in something so distant As if I was human And...”
– Evanescence, “Lost in Paradise”
Jan 18th
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Jan 18th
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Selene: A Haiku
Orb, argent and gray, So bright yet so far away, ‘Wish I could kiss thee.
Jan 17th
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“We are not nouns, we are verbs. I am not a thing — an actor, a writer — I am a...”
– Stephen Fry (via rachelshead)
Jan 17th
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Jan 17th
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“Evening news is where they begin with “Good evening,” and then...”
Jan 17th
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Jan 17th
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AMC Announces 16 Episode Order for The Walking... →
Jan 17th
tumblrbot asked: WHAT MAKES YOU FEEL BETTER WHEN YOU ARE IN A BAD MOOD?
Jan 17th
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Jan 17th
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Jan 17th
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Jan 17th
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“I want to die peacefully in my sleep, like my grandfather. Not screaming and...”
Jan 17th
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Jan 17th
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September 2011
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“THE MAGIC AND THE DANGER OF FICTION IS THIS: it allows us to see through other...”
– http://www.darkhorse.com/Blog/615/evelyn-evelyn-afterword-neil-gaiman
Sep 17th
May 2011
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May 15th
tumblr
So I just made my tumblr account.
May 15th