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D4RK ONION · 07-04-2010 3:07pm

Craguls wrote: »

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miller_experiment

Take that creationists.

That's really cool, I'd always wondered about that. Thanks science

AllInOne · 07-04-2010 3:48pm

Did you know if you're minding a fairly young baby you should put some of the mother's clothes on your shoulder and hold the baby up to your shoulder because the baby knows the mother's scent, and so the baby thinks your it's mammy? I thought that was awesome. They're way calmer when you do that. It's not the same kinda thing ye're talking about, but something I found interesting nonetheless :pac:

Fad · 07-04-2010 4:28pm

Dunno why, but I'm not hating this as much as I should.

Get ready for the excitement that is Rosuvastatin:

I have to do the presentation on the structure next monday >_<

TheCardHolder · 07-04-2010 5:03pm

Since we're sharing stuff we learned in our courses;

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanford_prison_experiment

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milgram_experiment

Very interesting look at how humans behave in certain situations. We watched the video of the standford expirement in class, it was eye opening.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_third_wave

( Adapted into a great german movie.)

Konata · 07-04-2010 5:15pm

Fad wrote: »

Dunno why, but I'm not hating this as much as I should.

Get ready for the excitement that is Rosuvastatin:

I have to do the presentation on the structure next monday >_<

Organic Chem & Chemical Biology? Dr. Casey?

If so, did that presentation last year. Our group did Haloperidol. Pretty interesting drug all in all.

Fad · 07-04-2010 5:23pm

Hotaru wrote: »

Organic Chem & Chemical Biology? Dr. Casey?

If so, did that presentation last year. Our group did Haloperidol. Pretty interesting drug all in all.

Yep!

Wish I got a drug that's a little more interesting. But I elected to do the more complicated bit (Structure-Rather than the history or reactions of the drug) in an attempt to keep me interested.

Wish I got Sildenafel......

Arcade Panda · 07-04-2010 6:44pm

TheCardHolder wrote: »

Since we're sharing stuff we learned in our courses;

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanford_prison_experiment

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milgram_experiment

Very interesting look at how humans behave in certain situations. We watched the video of the standford expirement in class, it was eye opening.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_third_wave

( Adapted into a great german movie.)

That's incredible...really really incredible...just goes to show doesn't it?!

I did Sociology and I had an absolutely fantastic lecturer. She made it extreamely interesting. I remember her telling us about a social experiment carried out in Boston. A sociologist went into a public secondary school and asked the principal could he give one of the years a special exam to determine whether some of the students were gifted. He gave the students a fairly run of the mill aptitude test, took their tests and gave the "results" to the teachers the following week. In fact the sociologist never actually corrected the tests...he merely chose some names at random and told the teachers that those kids were gifted. At the end of the year he went back to the school, gave the same aptitude test but this time he corrected them. The students he had said were gifted all came out the top of the class. He came to the conclusion that because those kids thought they were gifted and their teachers thought they were gifted they were automatically treated differently. People had more belief in them and they had more belief in themselves and as a result they excelled.

Pretty amazing.

TheCardHolder · 07-04-2010 7:12pm

Arcade Panda wrote: »

That's incredible...really really incredible...just goes to show doesn't it?!

I did Sociology and I had an absolutely fantastic lecturer. She made it extreamely interesting. I remember her telling us about a social experiment carried out in Boston. A sociologist went into a public secondary school and asked the principal could he give one of the years a special exam to determine whether some of the students were gifted. He gave the students a fairly run of the mill aptitude test, took their tests and gave the "results" to the teachers the following week. In fact the sociologist never actually corrected the tests...he merely chose some names at random and told the teachers that those kids were gifted. At the end of the year he went back to the school, gave the same aptitude test but this time he corrected them. The students he had said were gifted all came out the top of the class. He came to the conclusion that because those kids thought they were gifted and their teachers thought they were gifted they were automatically treated differently. People had more belief in them and they had more belief in themselves and as a result they excelled.

Pretty amazing.

That's pretty interesting alright. I love my social science lectures most of the time.

phlegms · 07-04-2010 9:01pm

Videos like these remind me why I study History.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SS1dO0JC2EE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCk1bG5PBhw

Arcade Panda · 08-04-2010 7:12pm

phlegms wrote: »

Videos like these remind me why I study History.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SS1dO0JC2EE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCk1bG5PBhw

just watched all of that there....that's very sad.:( Reminds me of a book I read last year "Goodbye to all that". If you havn't read it you should check it out...really great book.

D4RK ONION · 09-04-2010 8:53pm

This is the longest photo I've ever seen, it's quite cool!

http://www.simonhoegsberg.com/we_are_all_gonna_die/slider.html

Jackobyte · 09-04-2010 9:57pm

D4RK ONION wrote: »

This is the longest photo I've ever seen, it's quite cool!

http://www.simonhoegsberg.com/we_are_all_gonna_die/slider.html

26 gigapixel picture

Jay P · 10-04-2010 12:31am

D4RK ONION wrote: »

This is the longest photo I've ever seen, it's quite cool!

http://www.simonhoegsberg.com/we_are_all_gonna_die/slider.html

I was on that bridge!

Carl Sagan · 11-04-2010 10:24pm

D4RK ONION wrote: »

This is the longest photo I've ever seen, it's quite cool!

http://www.simonhoegsberg.com/we_are_all_gonna_die/slider.html

There's a guy with a photo frame at his side. Would've been perfect if he had held it in front of himself.

TheCardHolder · 19-04-2010 2:48pm

http://www.humanmetrics.com/cgi-win/JTypes2.asp

Found this on one of the boards forums which I now forget. Amazingly accurate!

Pigwidgeon · 19-04-2010 2:59pm

TheCardHolder wrote: »

http://www.humanmetrics.com/cgi-win/JTypes2.asp

Found this on one of the boards forums which I now forget. Amazingly accurate!

That is scarily accurate, especially the careers bit, all the ones I'm interested in >_>

TheCardHolder · 19-04-2010 3:30pm

kateos2 wrote: »

That is scarily accurate, especially the careers bit, all the ones I'm interested in >_>

I know right? I came out as ENFP or a Champion Idealist. Suggested professions: Writer, journalist, psychology, marketing, counsellor, media.

Pretty much my CAO! Hah.

Arcade Panda · 19-04-2010 6:13pm

TheCardHolder wrote: »

http://www.humanmetrics.com/cgi-win/JTypes2.asp

Found this on one of the boards forums which I now forget. Amazingly accurate!

That's scary how accurate that is!:eek:

Pigwidgeon · 19-04-2010 8:53pm

Doing some study for one of my psychology exams and learning about agnosia. I find it fascinating, particularly facial agnosia.
For people who aren't bothered reading, agnosia is the inability to recognise or identify objects, people, sounds, shapes or smells, while the sense itself isn't actually affected. Facial agnosia being the inability to recognise familiar faces.
I can't imagine what it'd be like, but it's very interesting to learn about. *fingers crossed again I can do psychology next year*

Funkfield · 19-04-2010 9:12pm

Some nice animated stuff shown here already. This is pretty special. Enjoy....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7HMz1WKkso

Craguls · 19-04-2010 9:47pm

This;
Hox genes are a group of related genes that specify the anterior-posterior axis and segment identity of metazoan organisms during early embryonic development.

And the ethics of messing with this;

phlegms · 19-04-2010 10:11pm

Science.
DO NOT WANT.

Craguls · 19-04-2010 10:23pm

phlegms wrote: »

Science.
DO NOT WANT.

Ginja Ninja · 19-04-2010 11:39pm

that personality test is freakishly accurate: I came out as ISTP,it's me in a nutshell,weird really

phlegms · 20-04-2010 12:14am

ohthebaby · 20-04-2010 12:51am

TheCardHolder wrote: »

http://www.humanmetrics.com/cgi-win/JTypes2.asp

Found this on one of the boards forums which I now forget. Amazingly accurate!

Apparently I should be a librarian and am very Mother Theresa like in my qualities. Great.

Extrasupervery · 20-04-2010 1:09am

LEGISLATURES!

Konata · 20-04-2010 1:27am

ohthebaby wrote: »

Apparently I should be a librarian and am very Mother Theresa like in my qualities. Great.

I got that too!

Sounded nothing like me really

Extrasupervery · 20-04-2010 1:36am

I got an Idealist Teacher or some shizz...apparently my 'insight into themselves and others is unparalleled'

'Without a doubt, they know what is going on inside themselves, and they can read other people with uncanny accuracy'

This reminds me of doing quizzes on bebo.

Pygmalion · 20-04-2010 1:36am

TheCardHolder wrote: »

http://www.humanmetrics.com/cgi-win/JTypes2.asp

Found this on one of the boards forums which I now forget. Amazingly accurate!

Won't say it's not accurate (in most cases at least), but I dunno if I'd call it amazing.
You answer a bunch of questions which clearly directly relate to one of the 4 groups and it tells you which end of the spectrum you fall on in each one.

Then for career recommendations and personality descriptions they just point out obvious stuff, such as the fact that those who tend to think things through rationally instead of acting on impulse tend to make better mathematicians/engineers than those who don't like to plan ahead and always act on impulse.

EDIT: Also INTJ, AKA the Mastermind, description seems pretty much perfect tbh, and I'm not just saying that due to the cool name, it captures my complete failure in social situations too.

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