
Why people who are wrong think they're right - boing - Boing Boing BBS
Oct 11, 2024 · That really does sound like, if not Dunning-Kreuger, at least a corollary to it. “Illusion of < topic at hand > adequacy” is a great term also. I may need to steal that for later!
Why did a Maine cop lie about dropping off missing person Erik Foote …
Apr 15, 2024 · the possibility that the police were forbidden from getting people medical help That does sound like a plausible, very American sort of dysfunction, but the opposite is true - the cops just …
Travel back to the 80s with this Ford LTD Country Squire
May 17, 2022 · Does it have the pop-up rear-facing seats in the back? Riding back there was fun as a kid…before the days of fully restrained seat and booster requirements. And on trips on long winding …
These are the last workout earbuds you'll ever need
Tell me more. What brand? Between the sweat, jostling, and being shoved in various gym bags and airline carryons, I have killed many headphones. I have 3 pairs of wireless ones in varying states of …
Ethics expert Francesca Gino, already under fire over fabricated data ...
Apr 11, 2024 · There are definite stock phrases in academia (and elsewhere) and the bolded sentence above sure does sound like one of them. I guess what I’m looking for is some kind of study which …
"Final Fantasy VII: Rebirth" set to be the first next-gen game on two ...
Jun 9, 2023 · one has to marvel at either how terrible Square Enix is at compression given how much content are in games already, it really does sound extreme. maybe hours of prerendered movies?
Why does a phone ring at the end of Bowie's "Life on Mars"?
Jun 23, 2023 · I’ve always kind of liked the inclusion of the phone, as it shows the random nature of production before digital editing came about.
Drugs that are 30 years past their expiration date "still as potent as ...
Jul 18, 2017 · It does sound like expiration dates for some medicines are overly conservative. Do we really want to encourage drug companies to take risks, though? Nobody wants another thalidomide. …
Giant hailstones are breaking new records - boing - Boing Boing BBS
Sep 12, 2022 · The point is not to discuss if this is the first time it’s that hot, or the first time they are this big or this is the fist time there is a picture of it It’s the frequency of such crazy weather phenomena …
The works of William James Sidis, the "smartest man who ever lived ...
Mar 25, 2019 · Trains and public transportation - at least one special special interest (besides the language he invented) “Weird” parents with weird and controlling parenting strategies (who, at one …