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6 Oct 2024
www.syfy.com
"If there was one thing you wish people understood better about astronomy, what would it be?"
You may think it's a long walk down to the chemist's, but that's just peanuts compared to the solar system.
You may think it's a long walk down to the chemist's, but that's just peanuts compared to the solar system.
6 Oct 2024
www.ursulakleguin.com
The author's comments in 2004 about the infamously bad SyFy Channel miniseries.
6 Oct 2024
www.wired.com
2004: A traffic engineer discovers that, in some circumstances, if you design the road right, you can actually make it safer by removing signs, lane lines, curbs and the like.
5 Oct 2024
www.smbc-comics.com
It inserts superfluous syllables directly into otherwise clear wording!
5 Oct 2024
www.openculture.com
"Safety Last, the 1923 film starring Harold Lloyd, features one of the most iconic scenes from the silent film era."
5 Oct 2024
qz.com
Still good advice a decade later.
1. Are humans involved? 2. Is the sample size big enough? 3. What type of study? 4. Be skeptical of “proof” or “cause” 5. Search for caveats
1. Are humans involved? 2. Is the sample size big enough? 3. What type of study? 4. Be skeptical of “proof” or “cause” 5. Search for caveats