Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates says he does not think he pays enough tax, and says wealthy Americans should contribute more in order to solve the deficit problem.
Bill Gates: I don’t pay enough tax
| January 31, 2012
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What If Humans Were Twice as Intelligent?
| January 30, 2012
You might someday be much, much smarter than you are now. That’s the hope of neuroscientists focused on understanding the basis of intelligence. They have discovered that the brains of people with high IQs tend to be highly integrated, with neural paths connecting distant brain regions, while less intelligent people’s brains build simpler, shorter routes. But no one knows why some brains construct much longer-range connections than others.
For simplicity, imagine that instead of our current mean IQ score of 100, humans had an average score of 200. (Experts say this isn’t a true “doubling” of intelligence because the IQ scale doesn’t start at zero and, furthermore, the test isn’t actually designed to yield a score as high as 200 — but we will set aside these qualifications for the purpose of argument.) According to Earl Hunt, professor emeritus of psychology at the University of Washington and president of the International Society for Intelligence Research, approximately one person in 10 billion would have an IQ of 200. With a current world population of 7 billion, there may or may not be one such person alive today and, in any case, his or her identity is unknown. However, the 17th-century genius Isaac Newton, discoverer of gravity, calculus and more, is sometimes estimated to have had an IQ of 200 (though he never took an IQ test). So, using him as an archetype, what if we were all a bunch of Newtons? Would the world be much more advanced than it is today?
Google Launches Public Alert Page
| January 29, 2012
Google’s Public Alerts page is now live. Winter storm heading your way? Severe thunderstorm? Flash flooding? The map shows them all. No word on whether you’ll be able to pay for better search results to have your natural disaster show up higher on the list.
The Pothole Gardener
| January 29, 2012
Londoner Steve Wheen brings greenery and miniature scenes to the streets of east london in his ‘the pot hole gardener’ project. When he describes his endeavors as “part art project, part labour of love, part experiment, part mission to highlight how shit our roads are – the pictures and gardens are supposed to put smiles on peoples faces and alert them to potholes!”
Terrifying: Ultra-Realistic Beavis & Butthead
| January 28, 2012
These are two ultra-realistic Beavis and Butthead busts created by makeup effects artist Kevin Kirkpatrick. As you can see, they’re even more terrifying than in cartoon form. Definitely NOT the kind of kids you running around in your neighborhood.
Web Based Photoshop Simulator
| January 27, 2012
The most amazingly accurate Adobe Photoshop simulator ever made? I’ll let you guys decide.
