A business Powerpoint presentation — apparently genuinely made by someone at a company called Softbank — includes this educational image of a goose with a caption that says “Goose was not valued.” Call it a metaphor, call it whatever you like, this Powerpoint slide brings renewed meaning to the old business phrase “goosing the numbers”. […]
Category: Arts and Science
Research and other stuff that makes people LAUGH, then THINK.
How to Write in a Completely Foreign Language
The image you see here, when combined with a few moments’ thought, provides the answer to the puzzling question: How can one write in a completely foreign language? The solution to that puzzle is: On a piece of paper, handwrite any phrase you like, in a language you do know. Then rotate the paper 180 […]
“Old study no much talk”
“This work look for Soret and Dufour thing on MHD flow for micropolar fluid on sheet with hole stretch, also see hot from electric and warm from move, which old study no much talk. These hot and mix change speed, hot, spin, and mix of fluid in layer. The big math changes to small math […]
Preparing for Bloodshed in Space, With Pigs
“Be Prepared!” cries the motto of several organizations. It could also be the motto of everyone connected with this study: “Extraterrestrial regolith is hemostatic and potentially suitable for hemorrhage control in space,” Nabil Ali-Mohamad, Ting-Hsuan Wang, Lih Jiin Juang, Nuoya Peng, Massimo F. Cau, Kevin Cannon, and Christian J. Kastrup, Research and Practice in Thrombosis […]



