The Weiter Denken blog distilled, into about 700 words, the essence of the Ig Nobel Prizes. Here’s a machine translation, from German into English, of what they wrote: A prize for the square from the round Scientists always keep to themselves in the academic ivory tower? The Ig Nobel Prize proves that there is another […]
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Hot stuff by Cook & Berns: Why Did the Dog Walk Into the MRI?
The question “Why?” head the menu in this research study served up by Cook and Berns: “Why Did the Dog Walk Into the MRI?” Gregory S. Berns and Peter F. Cook, Current Directions in Psychological Science, vol. 25, no. 5, 2016, pp. 363-369. The authors, at Emery University, explain: “Because he was trained to.” Peter […]
Why Isn’t Why Simpler?
Richard Feynman, asked a question that begins “Why…”, explains why that kind of question is tough:
“Why does coffee make you poop?” Four videos.
Several organizations try to answer the same question (a question that is laden with assumptions): “Why does coffee make you poop?” Discovery News: Nickipedia: ACS Reactions: Nathan and Rose: (Thanks to Vaughn Tan for bringing this to our attention.)