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The_Spectre
 
2006-11-22

Healthier people live in wealthier neighborhoods!

Get the fuck out! You're telling me that just by living in a certain neighborhood that I'll be healthier? And it has nothing to do with access to better healthcare, public transportation/safety and the like? OMG

just up and moves from the ghetto

tiefight
 
2006-11-22

Good thinking, but be carefull which wealthy neihborhood you pick. Living near the beach causes skin cancer.

shuteye
 
2006-11-22

Lots of good ones on this page.

  1. Faraway Objects Are Tougher to See

The Study: “Why is it easier to see someone close than far away?” Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, Feb. 2005

The Findings: To clearly explain the relationship between blurriness and distance, University of Washington psychologist Geoffrey Loftus showed 24 student volunteers fuzzy images of George W. Bush, Julia Roberts and other famous faces. Then Loftus manipulated the size and clarity of the images and noted at what distance participants recognized them. “We found that blurring the [image] is an appropriate way of simulating details you’ll lose by standing far away and by how much,” he concludes.

Why Bother? “I like to quantify things,” Loftus explains. “It makes me feel more secure.” Beyond that, his tests, which were funded by the National Institute of Mental Health, yielded a mathematical formula that precisely correlates blurriness to distance. Loftus, who has been called to trial as an expert witness on the reliability of perception, says his equation can serve as a tool to help jurors at criminal trials simulate the accuracy of eyewitness accounts.

old jag
 
2006-11-22

Originally posted by: The_Spectre Healthier people live in wealthier neighborhoods!

Get the fuck out! You're telling me that just by living in a certain neighborhood that I'll be healthier? And it has nothing to do with access to better healthcare, public transportation/safety and the like? OMG

just up and moves from the ghetto So the Canadian healthcare system doesn't provide equal access to healthcare? Might as well be states then.

The_Spectre
 
2006-11-22

If only you knew how true that was.

Candy Beard
 
2006-11-22

I've heard that most people drive on busy streets for some reason.

papaya nirvana
 
2006-11-23

apparently if you get a chill, you have more chance of getting a cold...

finally, scientifically proven.

persist
 
2006-11-23

so does this mean blind people masterbate more?

Stickman
 
2006-11-23

“Gender and the use of exclamation points in computer-mediated communication: An analysis of exclamations posted to two electronic discussion lists”

...and many more athttp://www.improb.com/

The_Spectre
 
2007-02-01

Binge eating is a major U.S. problem

Seriously. I need some of this grant money that you all give out to people.

My theory: "A lack of air, will lead to death in most (if not all) humans."

4.5 million USD please. Thanks.

Arsis
 
2007-02-01

Epidemiology and prognosis of coma in daytime television dramas

To determine how soap operas portray, and possibly misrepresent, the likelihood of recovery for patients in coma.

bit-101
 
2007-02-01

movin' on up to the east side to a deluxe apartment in the skyyyyyyy....

papaya nirvana
 
2007-02-01

I always used to study wasted in college...

but now I don't really study so much.

daddybunchie
 
2007-02-02

HOT XXX NO FUCKING SHIT SHERLOCK PORN

may i also draw your attention to the "how computers model climate" image. what are they using? a fucking bbc b?

papaya nirvana
 
2007-02-02

they blame global warming on one man?

Phantom
 
2007-02-02

I may have to spend a little time researching this. I want to know what the climate increase has been in the last 100 years - or the previous 100 years.

Whilst I am not discounting man's contribution, I am still open-minded enough to think that natural climate change is being lumped in with 'man's contribution', which could be painting a much harsher picture.

If I were to believe every 'scientific study', I would accept that I lived in the noisiest place in England, which is (of course) complete and utter horse-cunt. The study measure's isolated points seemingly chosen at random by the study-takers.

One report does not make something fact.

P~

daddybunchie
 
2007-02-02

Originally posted by: papaya nirvana they blame global warming on one man?

that's how i read it too. i was hoping that the article might be about an international manhunt to CATCH THIS POLLUTING BASTARD NOW!!!!!

mowgli88
 
2007-02-14

quote:

"One report does not make something fact."

Aaahh, reminds me of something Derek "The Meatman" Scully said once...

Stickman
 
2007-02-16

Sword swallowing and its side effects :"Sore throats are common". (via BoingBoing)

shuteye
 
2007-07-14

This just in: animals watch out for other predators while they eat.

"We expect this to apply to birds as well," said Bednekoff, although wild birds are harder to study with the same experimental approach because they can fly away with their food.

That is the most awesomenest quote by a scientist ever.

old jag
 
2007-07-16

Sigh. Things are always darkest just before they go black.

shuteye
 
2007-09-04

Surprisingly, men are into hot women.

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