Beer could have led to the creation of the Pyramids at Giza. Archeologists in Abydos, Egypt have recently unearthed an industrial-scale brewery dating back to 3100 BCE, during the early stages of Egypt’s formation as a state. Experts believe that the system of labor involved with building the facility — which had eight structures holding around 40 vats of beer each — could have been scaled up to produce the grand pyramids we know today. 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
