The Science of the Supercollider

There was the time when the particle-accelerating Superconducting Super Collider didn't work out. It was 1993 & Congress & Clinton were scared of science & thus decided to stop the construction of a particle accelerator complex in Texas. 'Merica don't need no ding dang particle 'celrater figurin' out black holes & tramplin' on the Yellow Rose! Switzerland currently houses the current, updated version of the Super Collider.

There was the time when Radiohead released a song called "Supercollider" that was probably made with the SuperCollider programming language or some shit.

There was the time in 2013 when a new bar called "Supercollider" opened up on 4th Ave & 17th in Brooklyn, on an area of 4th Ave that's QUITE devoid of bars.

There was the time I went to Supercollider with friends & probably drank a few too many craft beers.

There was the time I went to Supercollider with friends & probably drank a few too many craft beers.

There was the time I went to Supercollider with friends & probably drank a few too many craft beers.

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Babies Today Can See Straight Through Your Bullshit

Einstein Baby

A recent study done in some lab at a testing facility somewhere on this planet proves that babies fooled into buying your bullshit once will not make that mistake a second time.

60 babies between the ages of 13-16 months were divided into two groups and paired with some grown-ups. In Group A, an adult excitedly peered into a box. When the baby did the same into their own box, they found a toy. In Group B, the babies also followed an adult's lead to gleefully peer into a box, but their boxes were empty. 

In the next round of "Mean Things to Do to Babies", the adults used their foreheads to turn on a push-light (I KNOW). Babies from Group A mimicked the adults, also turning the light on with their foreheads. Most of the babies from Group B, however, saw right through the bullshit per the previous round, and didn't follow suit.

So there you have it. You can lead a baby to water, but you can't always make it look as dumb as you. 

[Gawker, via Livescience]