A calculated research breakthrough (his calculations are online) from Dr. Bob Benchoff: “Jesus Christ’s IQ is 300 within this author’s ability to reasonably measure, although Jesus Christ’s IQ may be as high as 450.” (Thanks to investigator Marlin Jacoby for bringing this to our attention.) BONUS: Dr. Benchoff also offers you (1) a new technological […]
Month: December 2010
Curing Shyness for Dogs (1): noise
In this first chapter of our conceivably-popular Curing Shyness for Dogs series, we look, distantly, at the Master’s Voice Productions-produced set of CDs to entertain you and your dog, and perhaps cure one or both of you of various ailments. This entertainment and/or cure is, the manufacturer says, “the result of two years of studies, […]
Wait, do tell: Why your line is slow
Are you waiting in a line at a store right how, fuming? Bill Hammack gives about as clear an explanation as possible for why your line probably moves slower than a line next to you: (Thanks to Gizmodo and Kristine Danowski for bringing this to our attention.)
He’s Interested in Interesting-ness
“What is interesting?” This perplexing question has been asked, and partially answered, by Dr. Paul Silvia, Associate Professor at the Social Psychology department of the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. The professor conducted a set of four experiments investigating ‘Interesting-ness’. The first asked students to appraise a set of randomly generated polygons, like this […]