More random links
- Meet The Science And Tech Geniuses Who Got High And Solved Amazing Problems
- How much of modern technology comes from the efforts of stoners? (I wonder how much the US war on drugs has stifled investigation. Imagine if Thomas Edison, Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, etc. wound up spending their lives in jail instead of in business).
- ‘StarCraft’ Gameplay Boosts Mental Flexibility, Says Study
- One thing I found funny in the text of the article: "The participant pool was composed entirely of 72 female students ... because researchers were unable to find male participants who played computer games for less than two hours a day." (FWIW I definitely spend less than two hours per day gaming).
- Missouri Representative Sues to Be Charged More for Birth Control
- "Presumably Wieland wants to be charged more—or, realistically, wants his wife and daughters to be charged more—at the pharmacy for birth control pills to deter them from actually using the pills. And here I thought Republicans were against 'nanny state' policies that try to influence behavior!" Seems a little silly to consider the removal of a subsidy an example of a nanny state.
- The Match Maker
- Was the famed fall of Bobby Riggs in tennis's battle of the sexes rigged from the beginning? Not too surprisingly Riggs' opponent disagrees.