- Play tapes backwards, and you’ll hear those devil-worshipping messages — but only if I tell you what the lyrics are. Listen to Skeptic Magazine founder Michael Shermer’s hilar take on why people can be convinced to believe the craziest stuff — like UFO sightings. I laughed so much I decided to show Michael some love — by subscribing to Skeptic mag’s RSS feed.
- San Francisco sans plastic. The city bans petroleum-based plastic grocery bags from large supermarkets and drugstores. (thnx Joseph, Mel, Lisa, etc.)
- Wonton origami cranes. Make your crane and eat it too. (via kottke)
- What comes faster: a head-tails-head coin toss series, or a heads-tails-tails series? The answer surprised me, and it’ll prolly surprise you. Listen to statistician Peter Donnelly talk about how bad stats, used in criminal cases, erronously sent innocent people to jail.
For the record, the SF Supervisor who created the bag ban is a Green Party member . . .
R.
Comment by Roger, Gone Green — March 29, 2007 @ 9:14 pm
What comes faster: a head-tails-head coin toss series, or a heads-tails-tails series?
Surely the exact same time on average over a long enough sample.
Comment by Simon — March 31, 2007 @ 6:41 am