I Think This Pretty Much Sums Up 2009 December 23, 2009
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Maybe Wall Street has a really dark, ironic sense of humor. Or maybe they just like brand synergy.
Optical Illusion Destroyed Before Your Eyes December 22, 2009
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Zoom And Enhance December 19, 2009
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Wait a minute, I think television shows and movies might just be misrepresenting digital image enhancement while using this cliché as a crutch for their poorly written scripts!
The Correct Way To Move A Piano December 18, 2009
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I told ya te play Piani, not Piano!
Excellent Video On Change Blindness December 17, 2009
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I’ve written before about Change Blindness, what is perhaps my favorite little psychological quirk, and I think this video does an fantastic job of showing how truly mind blowing it really is. Just think for a second about the implications of this video: 75% of people were did not realize the person right in front of their eyes turned into someone else. What does that mean for our society? Our systems of commerce and trade? Our systems of justice?
(Via Boing Boing)
Octopus Knows How To Use Tools; What’s Next? Sentience? NUCLEAR WEAPONS?!?!? December 16, 2009
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This is actually pretty big news since tool use has only been seen in a few bird and primate species (and of course, humans), but never in a cold-blooded invertebrate. I for one welcome our new cephalopod overlords.
