Category Archives: Extraneous
Sir Francis Galton: Beyond Extraordinary
Sir Francis Galton FRS (16 February 1822 – 17 January 1911), cousin of Sir Douglas Galton, half-cousin of Charles Darwin, was an English Victorian polymath, anthropologist, eugenicist, tropical explorer, geographer, inventor, meteorologist, proto-geneticist, psychometrician, and statistician. That was the first … Continue reading
Filed under Extraneous, Intelligence, People
Intelligence & Cuture
Are we (humans) really smarter than our primates? At first, you think it`s a stupid question.. but is it? Have you ever looked into the subject? Do you know why humans rule the world, and not other animals that are … Continue reading
Filed under Books, Extraneous, Intelligence, Personal Goals, Psychology
Troxler’s fading: An Optical Illusion
Extraneous. Fixate your eyes on the “+” sign in the middle. With every fraction of a second, a new frame appears, with a different pink dot disappearing. Keep staring at the “+”.. Just a reminder that the background is grey, … Continue reading
Filed under Extraneous, Psychology
DEADLINE post-it stop motion & Flutter
Some more great viral videos. Remember the days without Youtube? Haha, all that creativity would’ve gone to waste. These next two videos just made the list for Time magazine’s Top 10 Viral Videos this year. I remember seeing this one … Continue reading
Filed under Extraneous, Funny
David After Dentist & Charlie Bit My Finger
Enough Said. My first year residence advisor was the one to introduce me to this video. After its January 30th, 2009 debut on Youtube, it’s gotten an unbelievable 42,350,685 views; probably different by the time you read this blog entry. … Continue reading
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