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Things 96: Rocket Path-Dependency, Lipstick Animals, 3D Doesn’t Work
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When speculating on the subject of extraterrestrial space-faring life, it’s all too easy to forget the many development factors that are likely to be local to us, and to assume that too much of what we have done will generalise to other life forms out there. This article puts forward a compelling argument that our [...]
Things 95: Modern Movies, How to be Happy, Mouse Mystery
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A beautiful demonstration of physics (or perhaps chemistry):
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Scott Rudin, quoted in this GQ article about why movies are all rubbish these days:
Studios are hardwired not to bet on execution, and the terrible thing is, they’re right. Because in terms of execution, most movies disappoint.
Incidentally, while there’s clearly a huge argument to be had about the [...]
Things Christmas Special 2008
(Originally sent… okay, you can probably guess)
It’s Christmas and Things has been running for over a year. I’m taking that as an excuse to break with the usual format, and also to highlight what I (and some others) consider to be the best of the year’s Things.
Urgent matters first
I bought 10 tubs of Celebrations chocolates, [...]