09 February, 2013

Some News Articles

Just recording these in case I want to find them later.

People still have wrong perception of dinosaurs

http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2013-02/t-rex-doesnt-look-way-you-think-it-looks
Even though we now think T-rex had a more horizontal posture, most people still imagine it as standing upright. This reminds me of an article I read long ago about dinosaurs with very thick skulls - the article thought they fought by bashing their heads together. Long after that I read another article, probably about the same dinosaur, that said the skulls were delicate. I think the dinosaur was http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pachycephalosaurus. It's just funny how our ideas look on hindsight. Even triceratops turned out to be the same as another species. This applies to all sciences, like people thinking there were only 5 elements. I wonder what wrong assumptions future civilisations might make of humans?

Beyonce and the Streisand effect

http://www.petapixel.com/2013/02/08/beyonce-publicists-takedown-request-causes-unflattering-photos-to-go-viral/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streisand_effect
The Streisand effect is when trying to hide something makes it more popular. This is funny primarily because of pictures like:

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