May 2009
2 posts
what do you believe is true but cannot prove?
I came across this article (I read it over a period of many days. It is 10 long pages, and lots of people are interviewed) asking well-known people, most of whom were scientists, what they believe is true but cannot prove. It is from 2005, but I had not seen it before. I definitely enjoyed reading it, and many different perspectives were put forward. I loved reading conjectures on...
dancing birds
I came accross this BBC story, which was about a Current Biology paper, which was regarding teaching Parrots to dance.
My jaw totally dropped at around 35s when he starting to tap his foot completely differently than he was earlier. Before this time, he had been tapping quarter notes with only his left foot. Then, at 35s, he starts to tap two and four; half notes, alternating between both...