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10 Psychological Experiments That Went Horribly Wrong. Psychology as we know it is a relatively young science, but since its inception it has helped us to gain a greater understanding of ourselves and our interactions with the world. Many psychological experiments have been valid and ethical, allowing researchers to make new treatments and therapies available, and giving other insights into our motivations and actions. Sadly, others have ended up backfiring horribly — ruining lives and shaming the profession. Here are ten psychological experiments that spiraled out of control. 10. Stanford Prison Experiment Prisoners and guards In 1971, social psychologist Philip Zimbardo set out to interrogate the ways in which people conform to social roles, using a group of male college students to take part in a two-week-long experiment in which they would live as prisoners and guards in a mock prison. 9.

Wendell Johnson, of the University of Iowa, who was behind the study Theodore Kaczynski, the Unabomber, also seen top 7. 6. 5. 4. 3. 2. 1. David Reimer. 101 Beautiful Places To Visit Before You Die! (Part I) Phrases you wish you could say at work. SpreadApp /spreadAppr/index.php. "5 New Ways to Tie a Tie" by Caldwell Tanner. 10 Sages With 10 Inspiring Messages. Throughout the ages there have been a few notable luminaries of humanity that have experienced a transformational harmonization initiated by the vectors of human becoming: love, beauty, and truth. We can look up to these sages for inspiration that cultivates courage, will, and determination to experience an inner transformation as well. Although there are quite a few individuals that we can look to for sage-like guidance, 10 will be focused on here, each with a message they streamed into the global mind in their own unique way. Let these words spark a shift within that will change the very way to see Reality.

Thich Nhat Hanh When you plant lettuce, if it does not grow well, you don’t blame the lettuce. Yet if we have problems with our friends or family, we blame the other person. That is my experience. No blame, no reasoning, no argument, just understanding. If you understand, and you show that you understand, you can love, and the situation will change.

Huang Po Bodhidharma Heraclitus Lao Tzu. Playground. Interactive activities, some used other places on Serendip for other reasons, and others just because ...? The idea, of course, is that there isn't a whole lot of difference between playing and learning ... exploring is the underpinnings and enjoyment inherent in both. If that idea makes you think of either play or education in new ways, so much the better. Regardless, the web provides not only information and pictures, but also the wherewithal to have experiences that you might not otherwise have a chance to have. And creating such things to play with (and maybe even to learn from) is a large part of what Serendip is about, so browse the list. And have fun. If in addition you'd like to read/think more about play itself, there's a list of relevant links below.

Free Audiobooks and eBooks - Librophile. Basics » Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) My collection of funny emails from my inbox. Subject: 5 MINUTE MANAGEMENT COURSE Lesson 1: A man is getting into the shower just as his wife is finishing up her shower, when the doorbell rings. The wife quickly wraps herself in a towel and runs downstairs. When she opens the door, there stands Bob, the next-door neighbor.

Before she says a word, Bob says, "I'll give you $800 to drop that towel. " After thinking for a moment, the woman drops her towel and stands naked in front of Bob. After a few seconds, Bob hands her $800 and leaves. The woman wraps back up in the towel and goes back upstairs. "Great! " Moral of the story: If you share critical information pertaining to credit and risk with your shareholders in time, you may be in a position to prevent avoidable exposure.

Lesson 2: A priest offered a Nun a lift. The priest removed his hand. Arriving at the convent, the nun sighed heavily and went on her way. On his arrival at the church, the priest rushed to look up Psalm 129. Lesson 3: "Me first! "Me next! Lesson 4: Lesson 5: Lesson 6: BlaBlaMeter - Bullshit detection tool. Why We Yawn—And Why Yawning Is So Contagious. Book Country: Discover New Fiction with the Genre Map. Publishers, booksellers, and readers describe books by their literary categories, or genres.

It's how books are placed in stores and sold online. We created the Genre Map to help you find the right genre for your book. Roll over the map with your cursor to see the different genres. Some categories, such as women's fiction, stand alone. If you select mystery, fantasy, romance, science fiction, or thriller, you'll see the many subgenres that you can explore within these categories. Please contact us if there's a category you'd like to see on the Genre Map. Untitled. Byzantium Security International. 15 Stunts Gone Terribly Wrong. Science and Technology News, Science Articles | Discover Magazine.

Featured Lists. Untitled Document. Select the destination for your trip - Plnnr.com. 25 Places That Look Not Normal, But Are Actually Real. Masterbreak.jpg (JPEG Image, 1200 × 785 pixels) - Scaled (97. 559374_465984710093741_1572100421_n.jpg (JPEG Image, 960 × 958 pixels) - Scaled (80. Lake Vostok, Russian Antarctica: Scientists Probe Underground Lake Untouched By Humankind | Radicalfilms.co.uk. Funny Philosophy Quotes | Philosophy Quotes. Never Talk to the Police | Quick Hitts. By Dave Hitt on Mar 31, 2010 in Featured, Police State What’s the best response when a cop asks you something? Silence, or a short, polite non-answer. Shut up. Just. Shut. You should be polite and calm whenever dealing with any armed person. These videos made the rounds about a year ago. In the first part of the first video a fast talking law professor gives you detailed reasons why you should never talk to the police.

This is part two, where a former police officer fills in the details. Here are some practical examples of how to legally preserve your rights in an encounter with police: Ok, after all that heavy duty stuff, we need a breather. Writing_French_caves.jpg (JPEG Image, 1584 × 1056 pixels) - Scaled (69%) Neil deGrasse Tyson Lists 8 (Free) Books Every Intelligent Person Should Read.

A Reddit.com user posed the question to Neil deGrasse Tyson: "Which books should be read by every single intelligent person on the planet? " Below, you will find the book list offered up by the astrophysicist, director of the Hayden Planetarium, and popularizer of science. Where possible, we have included links to free versions of the books, all taken from our Free Audio Books and Free eBooks collections. Or you can always download a professionally-narrated book for free from Audible.com. Details here. If you're looking for a more extensive list of essential works, don't miss The Harvard Classics, a 51 volume series that you can now download online. 1.) 2.) 3.) 4.) 5.) 6.) 7.) 8.) Tyson concludes by saying: "If you read all of the above works you will glean profound insight into most of what has driven the history of the western world. " He has also added some more thoughts in the comments section below, saying: Thanks for this ongoing interest in my book suggestions.

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This is proper, detailed and at times painstaking book art. You couldn't do that with a Kindle. Let's round up some of the best and see just how incredible the modest old book can be. Jacqueline Rush Lee, Pod 2010 First up we have the artists with a knack for curling and manipulating the book pages. Next up we have Robert The and his book guns. There's the compromise of letting their child enjoy the sensation of holding a gun that can't hurt even the slowest of targets. Abelardo Morell injects beauty into the sad school memory that is your water bottle leaking all over a textbook you actually need.

Finally, Brian Dettmer's book sculpture is perhaps the most intricate forms of book art we're revelling in today. 562185_431053760251906_1888684791_n.jpg (JPEG Image, 360 × 480 pixels) 4fef75ba9d899.jpg (JPEG Image, 521 × 960 pixels) - Scaled (78%) A Wonderful World puppet show -- music by Louis Armstrong! The Lesson of the Monkeys | Jason Wells. I was first told of this experiment* by a former work colleague, and later discovered this illustration of it. It’s both illuminating and disturbing. There is a clunky word that describes this phenomenon: filiopietism, or the reverence of forebears or tradition carried to excess. But I prefer another term for it: the tragic circle. I believe many of these tragic circles exist, mostly unseen, in across all cultures and societites, causing untold harm. The lesson is as obvious as it is important: question everything.

. * Stephenson, G. Xkcd. Top 10 Ways to Turn Your Retired Gadgetry into the Technology of the Future. The Open Organisation Of Lockpickers :: Meetings. This is a repository of the most up-to-date versions of Deviant's lock diagrams and animations. Seen in all of the TOOOL educational materials and slide decks, these files are all released under the Creative Commons license. You are free to use any of them for non-commercial purposes, as long as they are properly attributed and the same freedom for others is maintained in all derivative works. Please note that these diagrams have evolved and developed over time. While Deviant is still proud of the older versions of his images, if you still have copies of legacy material they should all be replaced with the latest versions available here.

Each image shown below in thumbnail form can be accessed in high resolution individually, or you can obtain the full set from the zip archive at the bottom of this page. Lock Basics and Mechanical Operation How pin tumblers are arranged and how locks operate (or fail to) with conventional keys Introduction to Lockpicking Manipulation-Resistant Locks. Sleep. What Is the Most Racist Country in Europe? The BBC's Panorama program broke the news that Poles are all massively racist. What were we even thinking of letting those bigots host the Euro 2012 soccer tournament? In response, the British press has been rumbling and wrangling away at people about it in that way the press does when it has nothing else to talk about. What the BBC have willfully ignored, however, is whether any other country in Europe is actually any better.

We at VICE are more scientific than that, so we cast a quick glance around the continent for racists. If you'd like to see a bunch of Swedish fascists in action you should watch our film Teenage Riot: May Day in Eskilstuna. The Tag The home of enlightened progressive thought and bending-over-backwards cultural deference. The Evidence FACT Sweden was the first country in the world to introduce a research center for racial biology—in the town of Upsalla.

That's her with the plate, by the way. Racism Rating 5/5 The Tag “Stay at home, watch it on TV. Racism Rating 2/5. Download Section. English Pronunciation. If you can pronounce correctly every word in this poem, you will be speaking English better than 90% of the native English speakers in the world. After trying the verses, a Frenchman said he’d prefer six months of hard labour to reading six lines aloud. Dearest creature in creation, Study English pronunciation. I will teach you in my verse Sounds like corpse, corps, horse, and worse. I will keep you, Suzy, busy, Make your head with heat grow dizzy. English Pronunciation by G. Source Breaking News: Fake News Special! 18 Rules of Living by the Dalai Lama. Popular Science - A Nerd’s Guide to Reading. Skeptoid Media, Inc. Western Philosophy. JST VIRTUAL SCIENCE CENTER. Wondermind – Play games and explore the science of your brain. Tehnikonline.ro. 20 brilliant things to make in a jar.

Via: mycakies.blogspot.com Start saving your old jam jars! From cakes to herb gardens, pies to photo frames, and even entire meals … here are 20 fantastic things you never knew you could make with a jar. (Above: red velvet cupcakes in a jar. Get the recipe here). Via: fatgirltrappedinaskinnybody.blogspot.com Word on the street: salad in a jar is all the rage. Via: bakerella.com Cookies in a jar – a great gift idea. Via: rikkihibbert.co.za For a rustic vintage look, display your photos inside glass jars and bottles. Via: goodfoodbreadandmuffins.blogspot.com Chocolate muffin bread cooked in a jar. Via: pizzazzerie.com Super sweet. Via: simplebites.net Bread, cooked in a jar? Via: marthastewart.com A fabulous visual reminder of your favourite holidays.

Via: bigredkitchen.com So let’s just cut to the chase – what about making all your meals in a jar?! Via: runwithglitter.blogspot.com There isn’t a child on earth who wouldn’t be wowed by these: rainbow cupcakes baked in a jar. Via: flickr.com. The Scale of the Universe 2. 20 Things That Are Way Better In Slow Motion. Lessons - B01: Drawing with Spaces. Wem ist langweilig? - Fun Pics bei iSNiCHWAHR. Dump A Day. How high can buildings get? A cure for child tantrums. Amazing Trick. Watch free documentary films & videos.

S "The Reference Desk" - Business, Math, Science, Engineering, Technology, Language, Medical, Veterinary, Livestock, Gardening, Photography, Music, Recipes, etc. How it Works. Project Avalon - Klaus Dona: The Hidden History of the Human Race. Click here for the PDF version of this interview (20 pages) Click here for the video presentation March 2010 **Ed note: Some transcripts contain words or phrases that are inaudible or difficult to hear and are, therefore, designated in square brackets.** BILL RYAN (BR): This is Bill Ryan here from Project Camelot and Project Avalon. Klaus is going to be doing an audio commentary on one of his extremely special, unusual, and fascinating slide shows about the artifacts and the various phenomena that he has been researching, discovering, investigating personally all over the world relating to what I think you could legitimately call The Hidden History of the Human Race.

KLAUS DONA (KD): That's a very good summary, yes. BR: [laughs] So I'm going to step back here, and what follows now, just kick back and enjoy this slide presentation. What are we looking at here ? Ancient World Maps Ecuador Even the next one, [right, above] you can see how this statue is sitting. Bolivia Colombia Giants BR: Good! This Awesome Urn Will Turn You into a Tree After You Die | Design for Good.

You don't find many designers working in the funeral business thinking about more creative ways for you to leave this world (and maybe they should be). However, the product designer Gerard Moline has combined the romantic notion of life after death with an eco solution to the dirty business of the actual, you know, transition. His Bios Urn is a biodegradable urn made from coconut shell, compacted peat and cellulose and inside it contains the seed of a tree. Once your remains have been placed into the urn, it can be planted and then the seed germinates and begins to grow.

You even have the choice to pick the type of plant you would like to become, depending on what kind of planting space you prefer. I, personally, would much rather leave behind a tree than a tombstone. 47 Mind-Blowing Psychology-Proven Facts You Should Know About Yourself. Your money : Money Advice Service. Top 6 Sites that Inspire and Educate. Marco Tempest: The magic of truth and lies (and iPods) Selfcontrolfreak. Despatch Bay - Cost effective & fast parcel delivery for everyone!

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