This is a message most people don’t want to hear, but it’s true. Our biggest environmental problem is there are too many fucking people on this here planet. Adding one additional person to the population is an order of magnitude more environmentally damaging than the combined efforts of every other “green”/”eco-friendly” thing you will do in your lifetime.
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Turning our favorite number, Pi, into an original song. Pretty awesome.
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Six years ago today, Hunter S. Thompson committed suicide. His suicide note was titled “Football Season is Over” and read as follows:
“No More Games. No More Bombs. No More Walking. No More Fun. No More Swimming. 67. That is 17 years past 50. 17 more than I needed or wanted. Boring. I am always bitchy. No Fun — for anybody. 67. You are getting Greedy. Act your old age. Relax — This won’t hurt.”
Here’s a video tribute to one of the greatest writers of all time, and the inventor of all things gonzo:
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I don’t remember learning about these guys in school.
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I’ve posted a few of these Fifty People One Question videos here on Pie Heaven before, but since somebody made one in Ithaca, NY — the alma mater of most of our Pie Heaven contributors — I felt the need to post it. Enjoy!
Fifty People One Question – Ithaca from Jackson Eagan on Vimeo.
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This is on my short list of coolest science video I’ve ever come across.
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Try as you might, you can’t walk in a straight line without a visible guide point, like the Sun or a star. You might think you’re walking straight, but as NPR’s Robert Krulwich reports, a map of your route would reveal you are doomed to walk in circles.
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What a great father Richard must have had.
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Brilliant explanation of how “queueing theory” – developed by engineers to route phone calls – can be used to find the most efficient arrangement of cashiers and check out lines.
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A very interesting clip from The West Wing from a few years ago that challenges our perceptions of how we view Planet Earth. “You can’t do that.” “Why not?” “cos its freaking me out!”
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A law school professor and former criminal defense attorney tells you why you should never agree to be interviewed by the police. This is a long but MUST WATCH video. Everyone should know how and why to use their 5th Amendment Rights.
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And what a year it’s been….
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Hans Rosling, a guru of data animation, is at it again. Here is a very cool video showing 200 years of life expectancy/wealth progress in just four minutes, using a very interesting presentation style. Brilliant.
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Suddenly I’m very interested in math…
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Professor Richard Quinn was so disgusted by evidence that many of his students had cheated in their midterm exam that he gave them this lecture to them a life-long lesson. You can cut the tension in this room with a knife. YEESH.
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