Friday Links (13-Jul-12)

Jul 13, 2012 | Blog Topics, Links

  • great dialogue written by a biologist to mock the excesses of evolutionary psychology.
  • I proudly present the worst restaurant website in the universe
  • Great new website by Melinda Gates who has launched a pro-contraception campaign: No Controversy
  • Where does our tradition of using the letter “x” to denote an unknown variable in algebra come from? This 5 min TED talk explores the answer and it’s very interesting historical tidbit. No spoilers here, watch the video!
  • The unspeakable evil of how exactly the US drones operate. (If you don’t know what double-tapping is, you need to read the article.)
  • The vast majority of trainwreck online dating messages that are posted are from men. However, women are by no means exempt and when it’s creepy, it’s CREEPY
  • Excellent Chinese translation fail — for me it’s not inaccurate translations that are the funniest but ones that completely miss the register/tone.

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