15 Incredible iPhone Dog Photographs is nice. I love dogs. Also, I feel the device is irrelevant. It’s about the moment.
1. Good Design is innovative
2. Good Design makes a product useful
3. Good Design is aesthetic
4. Good Design helps a product be understood
5. Good Design is unobtrusive
6. Good Design is honest
7. Good Design is durable
8. Good Design is thorough to the last detail
9. Good Design is concerned with environment
10. Good Design is as little design as possible
In greater detail @ http://www.vitsoe.com/en/re/about/dieterrams/gooddesign and http://www.designsojourn.com/dieter-rams-and-his-10-design-commandments/
Watch Objectified.
Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.
– Oscar Wilde, quoted @ An Important Life Lesson from Gordon RamseyTop Ten Myths of Popular Psychology
- We Only Use 10% of our Brains
- It’s Better to Express Anger Than to Hold it in
- Low Self-Esteem is a Major Cause of Psychological Problems
- Human Memory Works like a Video Camera
- Hypnosis is a Unique “Trance” State Differing in Kind from Wakefulness
- The Polygraph Test is an Accurate Means of Detecting Lies
- Opposites Attract
- People with Schizophrenia Have Multiple Personalities
- Full Moons Cause Crimes and Craziness
- A Large Proportion of Criminals Successfully Use the Insanity Defense
More information @ Skeptic » eSkeptic » Wednesday, September 1st, 2010.
An excerpt from this week’s eSkeptic, 50 Great Myths of Popular Psychology: Shattering Widespread Misconceptions About Human Nature, by Scott O. Lilienfeld, Steven Jay Lynn, John Ruscio, and Barry L. Beyerstein (Wiley-Blackwell, 2009). This excerpt appears in the sold out issue of Skeptic magazine volume 15, number 3.
Gnarly series of anatomical illustrations.
Beginning with the 16th century, anatomy was one of the tools – along with world maps with graticule, central perspective or Roman law – that contributed to the homogenization of the world.
Is there any credibility to all those spooky ghost programs on cable? Here’s a little science to consider.
inFact: Ghost Hunting (via volleybrian)
Despite everyone (and especially their moms) telling me a glass of wine a day is “good” for me, I was skeptical. If anything, Steve Novella’s review of the science reaffirms my suspicions.
I am left unconvinced that there is any advantage to consuming moderate amounts of alcohol. I think we are still likely dealing with an artifact of observational studies. But even if there is a small health benefit (which would be from decreased CHD), there does not appear to be any benefit to taking up drinking, and so this has no implications to lifestyle choices.
My wife said to “stop buying her boy’s t-shirts” … but I think cryptozoology deserves sarcasm from all ages and genders.
Thanks @kwhary for this hilariousness. If Historical Events had Facebook Statuses.
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