It’s believed that a person’s Google search results says a lot about them. Fact or false, we’ll find out in Trashberg’s (a lovely name for a media outlet…) newest series. Kate Knibbs goes through Ashley Feinberg’s search history and gets the story behind each one. From hatches and axes to Barbara Bush holding a cell phone, Hitler’s doctor, and Trump drawn as a furry lion, the varying search queries make for an hilarious conversation – and read.
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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
