Douglas Adams might have been on to something when he wrote that “42” was “the answer to life, the universe, and everything” in “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy”. An international study has found that the earth went through a period with increased electrical storms, mass extinctions, and ever-present auroras 42,000 years ago. The earth’s magnetic field had broken down during that period, leaving the world vulnerable to cosmic radiation and solar flares. Read full article here
Education
Overcoming Bias
Kai Cheng’s professor had a brilliant scheme. In his first lecture, he promised that each lecture would feature a “Lie of the Day”. But why? It made his students more attentive and analytical, poring over every detail of his lecture and making sense of why things were true. It was such a powerful teaching method that his students digested his most technical lectures quite easily because they tried so hard to catch his lie. The kicker? There was no lie in that first lecture; he had lied about that too! Read full article here
Merv
August 17, 2022
