Note to self: Cancel my swine flu party

by Aaron Street on June 30, 2009

punchbowlYesterday the BBC reported that a crazy new trend is developing amongst people who think they are a lot smarter than science. Apparently this hot new craze is to hold “swine flu parties” whereby you and all your friends can infect each other with the H1N1 virus! Yippee!

The “logic” goes as follows: (1) H1N1 is continuing to spread, (2) right now death rates from H1N1 are relatively low, (3) those who have had H1N1 can develop immunity to it in the future, (4) it could mutate in the future to become more deadly; therefore, (5) let’s all deliberately contract swine flu now, so we don’t have to die from it in the future! We’re so smart!

Unfortunately, public health officials don’t quite agree with this line of thinking. For one, deliberate contraction of the virus continues its spread. Second, YOU CAN STILL DIE FROM IT!

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Who says I’m not the center of the universe?

by Aaron Street on June 17, 2009

Here’s a treat to give you some perspective.

Check out this great video showing you how big your are in the grand scheme of things:

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Check out this great video from the Daily Show, where Jason Jones tours the New York Times (while ridiculing their broken business model). Classic stuff:

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Here’s a great satirical video on the future of books, as the guys at CollegeHumor invent the next version of the ebook reader.

Good times.

Check it:

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These are why your childrens is not learning

by Aaron Street on May 12, 2009

Behold: “new math” — the current trend in elementary math education. Check out this great video criticizing the math textbooks that many schools, including Minneapolis Public Schools, are using to “educate” kids:

Still wonder why so many kids have trouble excelling in science, technology and engineering careers in this country?

This kind of deliberate ignorance really scares the shit out of me.

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