Will Portnoy

Tuesday, August 23, 2011

Instant Karma Links

I enjoy reading reddit. I have seen some links many times in the past, and I expect to see them again in the future.

Unskilled and Unaware of It

Dunbar's number

Can You Say ... "Hero"?

Stanley Milgram was responsible for the Small World Experiment (i.e. six degrees of separation) and Milgram experiment on obedience to authority figures.

Unhappy Meals

Norman Borlaug

Simo Häyhä

Franz Stigler

North Korea is Dark

Shadow Caravan

snopes

Bobby Tables

Have you ever tried to sell a diamond?

The Difference between the United Kingdom, Great Britain, England, and a Whole Lot More

The Man Who Had HIV and Now Does Not

Mt. Everest has around 200 dead bodies (pics)

Monty Hall Problem

How Not to Sort By Average Rating

Birthday Paradox

Netflix Instant Watcher

Henrietta Lacks’ ‘Immortal’ Cells

Joe Ades

Drowning Doesn’t Look Like Drowning

Warning Signs in Experimental Design and Interpretation

Lies, Damned Lies, and Medical Science
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