September 2011
16 posts
Scale of Universe - Interactive Scale of the Universe Tool →
primaxstudio.com
nice.
and we tend to have so different concepts to cover all these.
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We’re probably not in the center of the universe
“If the pecker’s got wood, why go for tongue, you may argue!”
—Stephen Fry (QI, Ses2.SerB)
“I was in Starbucks and the person in front of me said: “Can I have a tall, skinny, black Americano please?” I said: “Are you ordering coffee or voting in the US elections?”
—Michael McIntyre (comedian)
“With or without religion, good people can behave well and bad people can do evil; but for good people to do evil — that takes religion.”
—Steven Weinberg
Spongebob makes you stupid ... or what →
pediatrics.aappublications.org
The Immediate Impact of Different Types of Television on Young Children’s Executive Function
The fast-paced television group watched a truncated episode of a very popular fantastical cartoon about an animated sponge that lives under the sea. The educational television group watched a truncated episode of a realistic Public Broadcasting Service cartoon about a typical US preschool-aged boy. Free drawing with markers and crayons was the control condition.
This study provides empirical evidence that watching a 9-minute episode of a fast-paced television cartoon immediately impaired young children’s EF (executive function) relative to watching an educational television show or drawing. Children in the fast-paced television group scored significantly worse than the others despite being equal in attention at the outset, as indicated by parent report.
“You can observe a lot just by watching.”
—Yogi Berra
“Drowning in data, starving for information.”
— a catchy phrase from the take home message of a lecture on data integration.
