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OKAY, MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS, IT'S THE FIRST TUESDAY IN FEBRUARY. 1 THIS MEANS THAT BY LAW AND CUSTOM, WE MUST SPEND THE MORNING READING THROUGH THE WIKIPEDIA ARTICLE LIST OF COMMON MISCONCEPTIONS, 50 YOU CAN SPEND THE REST OF YOUR LIVES BEING A LITTLE LESS WRONG. 1 THE GUESTS AT EVERY PARTY YOU'LL EVER ATTEND THANK US IN ADVANCE. DR I WISH I LIVED IN THIS UNIVERSE.

OKAY, MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS, IT'S THE FIRST TUESDAY IN FEBRUARY. 1 THIS MEANS THAT BY LAW AND CUSTOM, WE MUST SPEND THE MORNING READING THROUGH THE WIKIPEDIA ARTICLE LIST OF COMMON MISCONCEPTIONS, 50 YOU CAN SPEND THE REST OF YOUR LIVES BEING A LITTLE LESS WRONG. 1 THE GUESTS AT EVERY PARTY YOU'LL EVER ATTEND THANK US IN ADVANCE. DR I WISH I LIVED IN THIS UNIVERSE.

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Comic #2347: “Dependency”

ALL MODERN DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE Ang A PROJECT SOME RANDOM PERSON IN NEBRASKA HAS BEEN THANKLESSLY MAINTAINING SINCE 2003

ALL MODERN DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE Ang A PROJECT SOME RANDOM PERSON IN NEBRASKA HAS BEEN THANKLESSLY MAINTAINING SINCE 2003

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Pointers (xkcd #138)

MAN, I SUCK ATTHIS GAME. CAN YOU GIVE ME A FEW POINTERS? OX3A28213A Ox 6339392C, OX7363682E. I HATE YOU.

MAN, I SUCK ATTHIS GAME. CAN YOU GIVE ME A FEW POINTERS? OX3A28213A Ox 6339392C, OX7363682E. I HATE YOU.

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No, The Other One

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Fuzzy Blob

WHAT'S THAT FUZZY || THE FUZZY BLOB, DUBBED BLOB NEXT TO YOUR HOUSE? IT'S HUGE! I DON'T KNOW! I LOOKED UP AND IT WAS GONE! THE 2ONING BOARD INVESTIGATION HAS FOUND NO EVIDENCE OF "FLOB" BY INTERNET SLEUTHS, HAS CITY PLANNERS STUMPED. A CLOAKED DOME STRUCTURE. CLICK THE HISTORICAL COMMISSION NO, THAT'S NOT ANY TYPE OF BUILDING IM FAMILIAR WITH. WILL BE JOINING THE RESEARCH INTO THESE DOMES AND OTHER UNUSUAL BUILDINGS, SUCH AS THE HISTORIC YTH AVE CHURCH. HOW CAN A GIANT STRUCTURE VANISH? ..CLOAKING DEVICE?! COULD BE AN EXPERIMENTAL THIS ONLY RAISES MORE QUESTIONS. MILITARY DOME. WHAT THE... to

WHAT'S THAT FUZZY || THE FUZZY BLOB, DUBBED BLOB NEXT TO YOUR HOUSE? IT'S HUGE! I DON'T KNOW! I LOOKED UP AND IT WAS GONE! THE 2ONING BOARD INVESTIGATION HAS FOUND NO EVIDENCE OF "FLOB" BY INTERNET SLEUTHS, HAS CITY PLANNERS STUMPED. A CLOAKED DOME STRUCTURE. CLICK THE HISTORICAL COMMISSION NO, THAT'S NOT ANY TYPE OF BUILDING IM FAMILIAR WITH. WILL BE JOINING THE RESEARCH INTO THESE DOMES AND OTHER UNUSUAL BUILDINGS, SUCH AS THE HISTORIC YTH AVE CHURCH. HOW CAN A GIANT STRUCTURE VANISH? ..CLOAKING DEVICE?! COULD BE AN EXPERIMENTAL THIS ONLY RAISES MORE QUESTIONS. MILITARY DOME. WHAT THE... to

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GUIDE TO FIGURING OUT THE AGE OF AN UNDATED WORLD MAP (ASSUMING ITS COMPLETE, LABELED IN ENGUSH, AND DETAILED ENOUGH) DO ANY OF THESE EXIST? START ISTANBUL OR CONSTANTINOPLE? DOES THE SOVIET UNION EXIST? NO • INDEPENDENT CANADA •US TERRITORY OF ALASKA • TOKYO THE HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE? CONSTANTINOPLE NEITHERI ISTANBUL IS MOST OF WEST AFRICA A GIANT FRENCH BLOB? SAUDI YES YES NO YES 1805 OR EARUER (BEFORE THIS POINT, THE MODERN IDEAOF A COMPLETE POLITICAL MAP OF THE WORLD GEIS HARD TO APPLY.) NO ARABIA? THE YES SOVIET UNION? NO NO ZAIRE? OR: HONG KONG (UK) YES DOES THE OTTOMAN, YES 1922-1932 EMPIRE EXIST? SOUTH AFRICA? YES 1992-96 NO YES HOW MANY VIEJNAMS ARE THERE? YES NORTH KOREA? THE UNITED STATES? AUSTRIA- HUNGARY? NO NOT IS JAN MAYEN PART OF YET THE KINGDOM OF NORWAY? SAINT TRIMBLES ISLAND SERBIA/MONTENEGRO ARE... ONE COUNTRY NO TWO ONE YES TWO COUNTRIES WHAT? YES PAKISTAN? YES BANGLADESH? YES NO, IMADE THAT ONE UP. LENINGRAD? HOJ SURE ARE YOU THAT THIS MAP IS IN ENGLISH? HOW MANY SUDANS ARE THERE? ONE 2007-1| RHODESIA? EAST TIMOR? ALBANIA? YES YES YES CAN YOU SEE THE FAMILIAR CONTINENTS? 1972-75 NO YES NOYES 1910-12 1913-18 1919-23 1924-29 1997-2001 2002-06 TWO TEXAS IS... PARTOF MEXICO CAMBODIA? HOW MANY GERMANYS ARE THERE? TWO 1946-47 PARTOF THIS SOUNDS LIKE A PHYSICAL MAP OR SATELITE PHOTO. "COLORADO OR "DANGER-RADIOACTIVE EXCLUSION ZONE-AVOID? INDEPEN- THE US DENT YES YES ONE, BUT ITS HUGE 1941-45 IS CRIMEA DISPUTED? ONE IS NORWAY PART OF SWEDEN? 1834-45 YES, THAT'S IT ERITREA IS PART OF.. FLORIDA IS PART OF... SPAIN YES COLORADO 2014-21 DANGER PERSIA OR IRAN? 2012-13 RIVERS SIRION OR 'ANDUIN"? 186-1905 1906-09 ETHIOPIA 1952-53 THE US ITALY IRAN 1935-40 PERSIA IS LAKE CHAD MISSING? DOES THE WARNING MENTION THE SPIDERS? NO 2022 1930-34 IS BOLIVIA LANDLOCKED? YES 1884-95 YES NO JIMMY CARTER IS. VENEZUELA AND/OR ECUADOR? THE UNITED ARAB REPUBLIC? PARAGUAY? BEING ATTACKED BY A I FINE GIANT SWIMMING RABBIT APRIL 20, 1979 YES YES CANADA IS... 2023 ORLATER NO YES 1806-10 1811-17 CAIR PARAVEL? NO MISSING FINE A PIECE 1948 YES 1818-29 1830-33 YES 1954-57 1958-60 IS THE ARAL SEA MISSING? THE SINAI IS PART OF WHAT COUNTRY? ISRAELT MOSTLY ISRAELT MOSTLY EGYPT EGYPT 1976-79 15 THE AREA SOUTH OF LAKE VICTORIA... BRITISH 1960 MOSSFLOWER? "BUDA AND "PEST OR "BUDAPEST"? MORDOR? 1980 1981 DOES RUSSIA BORDER THE SEA OF JAPAN? TANGANYIKA 1961-64 TANZANIA 1965-71 YES YES 1970s-90s 2000st REDUALL WHAT'S THE CAPITAL OF MICRONESIA? BUDA AND I BUDAPEST PEST NO YES 1873-83 KOLONIA PALIKIR 1858-67 IS THE WORLD ON THE BACK OF A TURTLE? THE TOWN ON I-25 BETJEEN ALBUQUERQUE AND EL PASO IS... 1868-72 NÚMENOR? BELERIAND? THE USS SOUTHERN BORDER LOOKS. NORMAL 1854-56 YES LATE SECOND AGE REPUBLIC OF THE UPPER VOLTA OR BURKINA FASO? YES NO YES HOT SPRINGS TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES FIRST EARLY DISCJORLD WEIRD 1846-53 AGE SECOND AGE 1948-49 1950-52 ARE YOU SURE THIS IS A MAP? UPPER VOLTA BURKINA FASO 1982-84 CALORMEN? 1985-88 THE FOREST EAST OF THE MISTY MOUNTAINS IS... IS IT TRYING TO BITE YOU? HOW FAR EAST DO THE AMERICAN PRAIRIES REACH? INDIANA THE MISSISSIPPI BEFORE 1830 YES (NUMBER OF YEMENS)+(NUMBER OF GERMANYS)=? FOUR 1989-EARLY 1990 YES NEBRASKA WHAT PRAIRIES? GREENIJOOD I MIRKLJOOD THE WOOD OF THE GREAT EARLY THIRD AGE 1830s- 80s YES THREE TWO GREENLEAVES LATE THIRD AGE FOURTH AGE MID-1990 LATE 1990-1991 DID YOU MAKE IT YOURSELF? IS THERE A BIG LAKE IN THE MIDDLE OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA? (CREATED BY MISTAKE) IS THERE A BIG LAKE IN THE MIDDLE OF GHANA? (CREATED ON PURPOSE) WEIRD RECURSIVE HEAVEN? IF YOU LET IT GO, WHAT DOES IT DO? LOTTA ISLANDS? IS IT LARGER THAN A BREADBOX? YES BERUNA HISSES AND RUNS AWAY SCREECHES AND FLAPS AROUND THE ROOM BREAKING THINGS NO YES FORD BRIDGE THE LION, THE PRINCE WITCH, AND HE CASPIAN WARDROBE YES ABOUT NO TUBA STAPLER THE SAME YES ITS VERY NICE. ONE OF THE THE RANDOM LAST LATER BOOKS BAME CAT DALJN TREADER YES YES 1920s-50s BREADBOX SEAGULL 18605-1900s 1910s 1960s-70s THANK YOU!

GUIDE TO FIGURING OUT THE AGE OF AN UNDATED WORLD MAP (ASSUMING ITS COMPLETE, LABELED IN ENGUSH, AND DETAILED ENOUGH) DO ANY OF THESE EXIST? START ISTANBUL OR CONSTANTINOPLE? DOES THE SOVIET UNION EXIST? NO • INDEPENDENT CANADA •US TERRITORY OF ALASKA • TOKYO THE HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE? CONSTANTINOPLE NEITHERI ISTANBUL IS MOST OF WEST AFRICA A GIANT FRENCH BLOB? SAUDI YES YES NO YES 1805 OR EARUER (BEFORE THIS POINT, THE MODERN IDEAOF A COMPLETE POLITICAL MAP OF THE WORLD GEIS HARD TO APPLY.) NO ARABIA? THE YES SOVIET UNION? NO NO ZAIRE? OR: HONG KONG (UK) YES DOES THE OTTOMAN, YES 1922-1932 EMPIRE EXIST? SOUTH AFRICA? YES 1992-96 NO YES HOW MANY VIEJNAMS ARE THERE? YES NORTH KOREA? THE UNITED STATES? AUSTRIA- HUNGARY? NO NOT IS JAN MAYEN PART OF YET THE KINGDOM OF NORWAY? SAINT TRIMBLES ISLAND SERBIA/MONTENEGRO ARE... ONE COUNTRY NO TWO ONE YES TWO COUNTRIES WHAT? YES PAKISTAN? YES BANGLADESH? YES NO, IMADE THAT ONE UP. LENINGRAD? HOJ SURE ARE YOU THAT THIS MAP IS IN ENGLISH? HOW MANY SUDANS ARE THERE? ONE 2007-1| RHODESIA? EAST TIMOR? ALBANIA? YES YES YES CAN YOU SEE THE FAMILIAR CONTINENTS? 1972-75 NO YES NOYES 1910-12 1913-18 1919-23 1924-29 1997-2001 2002-06 TWO TEXAS IS... PARTOF MEXICO CAMBODIA? HOW MANY GERMANYS ARE THERE? TWO 1946-47 PARTOF THIS SOUNDS LIKE A PHYSICAL MAP OR SATELITE PHOTO. "COLORADO OR "DANGER-RADIOACTIVE EXCLUSION ZONE-AVOID? INDEPEN- THE US DENT YES YES ONE, BUT ITS HUGE 1941-45 IS CRIMEA DISPUTED? ONE IS NORWAY PART OF SWEDEN? 1834-45 YES, THAT'S IT ERITREA IS PART OF.. FLORIDA IS PART OF... SPAIN YES COLORADO 2014-21 DANGER PERSIA OR IRAN? 2012-13 RIVERS SIRION OR 'ANDUIN"? 186-1905 1906-09 ETHIOPIA 1952-53 THE US ITALY IRAN 1935-40 PERSIA IS LAKE CHAD MISSING? DOES THE WARNING MENTION THE SPIDERS? NO 2022 1930-34 IS BOLIVIA LANDLOCKED? YES 1884-95 YES NO JIMMY CARTER IS. VENEZUELA AND/OR ECUADOR? THE UNITED ARAB REPUBLIC? PARAGUAY? BEING ATTACKED BY A I FINE GIANT SWIMMING RABBIT APRIL 20, 1979 YES YES CANADA IS... 2023 ORLATER NO YES 1806-10 1811-17 CAIR PARAVEL? NO MISSING FINE A PIECE 1948 YES 1818-29 1830-33 YES 1954-57 1958-60 IS THE ARAL SEA MISSING? THE SINAI IS PART OF WHAT COUNTRY? ISRAELT MOSTLY ISRAELT MOSTLY EGYPT EGYPT 1976-79 15 THE AREA SOUTH OF LAKE VICTORIA... BRITISH 1960 MOSSFLOWER? "BUDA AND "PEST OR "BUDAPEST"? MORDOR? 1980 1981 DOES RUSSIA BORDER THE SEA OF JAPAN? TANGANYIKA 1961-64 TANZANIA 1965-71 YES YES 1970s-90s 2000st REDUALL WHAT'S THE CAPITAL OF MICRONESIA? BUDA AND I BUDAPEST PEST NO YES 1873-83 KOLONIA PALIKIR 1858-67 IS THE WORLD ON THE BACK OF A TURTLE? THE TOWN ON I-25 BETJEEN ALBUQUERQUE AND EL PASO IS... 1868-72 NÚMENOR? BELERIAND? THE USS SOUTHERN BORDER LOOKS. NORMAL 1854-56 YES LATE SECOND AGE REPUBLIC OF THE UPPER VOLTA OR BURKINA FASO? YES NO YES HOT SPRINGS TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES FIRST EARLY DISCJORLD WEIRD 1846-53 AGE SECOND AGE 1948-49 1950-52 ARE YOU SURE THIS IS A MAP? UPPER VOLTA BURKINA FASO 1982-84 CALORMEN? 1985-88 THE FOREST EAST OF THE MISTY MOUNTAINS IS... IS IT TRYING TO BITE YOU? HOW FAR EAST DO THE AMERICAN PRAIRIES REACH? INDIANA THE MISSISSIPPI BEFORE 1830 YES (NUMBER OF YEMENS)+(NUMBER OF GERMANYS)=? FOUR 1989-EARLY 1990 YES NEBRASKA WHAT PRAIRIES? GREENIJOOD I MIRKLJOOD THE WOOD OF THE GREAT EARLY THIRD AGE 1830s- 80s YES THREE TWO GREENLEAVES LATE THIRD AGE FOURTH AGE MID-1990 LATE 1990-1991 DID YOU MAKE IT YOURSELF? IS THERE A BIG LAKE IN THE MIDDLE OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA? (CREATED BY MISTAKE) IS THERE A BIG LAKE IN THE MIDDLE OF GHANA? (CREATED ON PURPOSE) WEIRD RECURSIVE HEAVEN? IF YOU LET IT GO, WHAT DOES IT DO? LOTTA ISLANDS? IS IT LARGER THAN A BREADBOX? YES BERUNA HISSES AND RUNS AWAY SCREECHES AND FLAPS AROUND THE ROOM BREAKING THINGS NO YES FORD BRIDGE THE LION, THE PRINCE WITCH, AND HE CASPIAN WARDROBE YES ABOUT NO TUBA STAPLER THE SAME YES ITS VERY NICE. ONE OF THE THE RANDOM LAST LATER BOOKS BAME CAT DALJN TREADER YES YES 1920s-50s BREADBOX SEAGULL 18605-1900s 1910s 1960s-70s THANK YOU!

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THEGREAT THNG ABOUT DIGITAL DATA IS THAT IT NEVER DEGRADES. HARD DRIVES FA, OF COURSE, BUT THEIR BITS CAN BE COPED FOREVER WITHOUT LOS. RLM DEGRADES PANT CRACKS, BUT A COPY OF A CENTURY-OLD DATA ALE IS PERMANENT RECORD IDENTICALDTHE ORIGNAL HOPPRIN HAS A LEARC FIE AROT GENERATION IN IT. AMAZIN 9GAE

THEGREAT THNG ABOUT DIGITAL DATA IS THAT IT NEVER DEGRADES. HARD DRIVES FA, OF COURSE, BUT THEIR BITS CAN BE COPED FOREVER WITHOUT LOS. RLM DEGRADES PANT CRACKS, BUT A COPY OF A CENTURY-OLD DATA ALE IS PERMANENT RECORD IDENTICALDTHE ORIGNAL HOPPRIN HAS A LEARC FIE AROT GENERATION IN IT. AMAZIN 9GAE

Manage Your Preferences

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IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT ANYONE ELSE ||DOESN'T SHIELD HAS TO LISTEN TO YOUR B-------, PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT: THE 1T AMENDMENT THE RIGHT TO FREE SPEECH MEANS THE GOVERNMENT CAN'T ARREST YOU FOR WHAT YOU SAY. YOU FROM CRITICISM OR CONSEQUENCES. OR HOST YOU WHILE YOU SHARE IT. IF YOU'RE YELLED AT, BOYCOTTED, HAVE YOUR SHOW CANCELED, OR GET BANNED FROM AN INTERNET|| THINK YOU'RE AN COMMUNITY, YOUR FREE SPEECH A------, RIGHTS AREN'T BEING VIOLATED. IT'S JUST THAT THE PEOPLE LISTENING AND THEY'RE SHOWING YOU THE DOOR. Well I think you're an So by all means. a------.. Yep, that's the exit. If you're tired of listening to my b-------, feel free to leave my house through it.

IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT ANYONE ELSE ||DOESN'T SHIELD HAS TO LISTEN TO YOUR B-------, PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT: THE 1T AMENDMENT THE RIGHT TO FREE SPEECH MEANS THE GOVERNMENT CAN'T ARREST YOU FOR WHAT YOU SAY. YOU FROM CRITICISM OR CONSEQUENCES. OR HOST YOU WHILE YOU SHARE IT. IF YOU'RE YELLED AT, BOYCOTTED, HAVE YOUR SHOW CANCELED, OR GET BANNED FROM AN INTERNET|| THINK YOU'RE AN COMMUNITY, YOUR FREE SPEECH A------, RIGHTS AREN'T BEING VIOLATED. IT'S JUST THAT THE PEOPLE LISTENING AND THEY'RE SHOWING YOU THE DOOR. Well I think you're an So by all means. a------.. Yep, that's the exit. If you're tired of listening to my b-------, feel free to leave my house through it.

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Blair Witch

DEVELOPMENT IN THE MARYLAND SUBURBS OTHER THAN THE FAKE THAT'S WHY WE PLAN TO 1999 VIDEO, THERE HAVE BEEN NO BLAIR WITCH SIGHTINGS IN 30+ YEARS. CAPTURE ANY SURVIVING WITCHES AND ESTABLISH A BREEDING POPULATION. HAS FRAGMENTED THE SPOOKY FOREST HABITAT. THE IUCN REDLIST SAYS THE WITCH IS "POSSIBLY EXTINCT IN THE WILD" CLIMATE CHANGE WILL PUSH ANY REMNANT POPULATIONS NORTH. THEN, IN TIME, THE BLAIR WITCH REINTRODUCTION PROJECT CAN BEGIN.

DEVELOPMENT IN THE MARYLAND SUBURBS OTHER THAN THE FAKE THAT'S WHY WE PLAN TO 1999 VIDEO, THERE HAVE BEEN NO BLAIR WITCH SIGHTINGS IN 30+ YEARS. CAPTURE ANY SURVIVING WITCHES AND ESTABLISH A BREEDING POPULATION. HAS FRAGMENTED THE SPOOKY FOREST HABITAT. THE IUCN REDLIST SAYS THE WITCH IS "POSSIBLY EXTINCT IN THE WILD" CLIMATE CHANGE WILL PUSH ANY REMNANT POPULATIONS NORTH. THEN, IN TIME, THE BLAIR WITCH REINTRODUCTION PROJECT CAN BEGIN.

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Final Exam

WELCOME TO YOUR FINAL EXAM. THE EXAM IS NOW OVER. I'M AFRAID ALL OF YOU FAILED. YOUR GRADES HAVE BEEN STORED ON OUR DEPARTMENT SERVER AND WILL BE SUBMITTED TOMORROW. CLASS DISMISSED. CYBERSECURITY FINAL EXAMS

WELCOME TO YOUR FINAL EXAM. THE EXAM IS NOW OVER. I'M AFRAID ALL OF YOU FAILED. YOUR GRADES HAVE BEEN STORED ON OUR DEPARTMENT SERVER AND WILL BE SUBMITTED TOMORROW. CLASS DISMISSED. CYBERSECURITY FINAL EXAMS

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IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT ANYONE ELSE HAS TO LISTEN TO YOUR B-------, PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT: THE RIGHT TO FREE SPEECH MEANS THE GOVERNMENT CANT ARREST YOU FOR WHAT YOU SAY. THE 1ST AMENDMENT DOESN'T SHIELD YOU FROM CRITICISM OR CONSEQUENCES. OR HOST YOU WHILE YOU SHARE IT. IF YOU'RE YELLED AT, BOYCOTTED, HAVE YOUR SHOW CANCELED, OR GET BANNED FROM AN INTERNET COMMUNITY, YOUR FREE SPEECH| A------, RIGHTS AREN'T BEING VIOLATED. IT'S JUST THAT THE PEOPLE LISTENING THINK YOU'RE AN AND THEY'RE SHOWING YOU THE DOOR. What Randall's trying to do here is put an end to people claiming that their First Amendment rights are being violated when in fact, they're not. And the comic does a good job at that. My problem with the comic is that it doesn't address the difference between the two kinds of intellectual cultures we've discussed-and as such, it serves as perfect justification for both the Idea Lab and the Echo Chamber. For me, the critical word in the comic is "a------." Both kinds of intellectual culture agree with the comic-what they disagree on is the definition of a------. Communities that define a------ as "someone who in arguments attacks people, not ideas," or "someone who expresses conviction on viewpoints where they don't actually know very much," or "someone who never admits when they're wrong" are Idea Labs. They eject from the club those who turn arguments into fights and hinder the community's ability to search for truth. On the other hand, communities that define a------ as "someone who disagrees with what the community believes," or "someone who holds views that we find offensive," or "someone who criticizes the community or defends our rival community" are Echo Chambers. By "showing the door" to anyone who doesn't say their baby is cute, they purge their community of dissent and ensure that things remain intellectually pure. The xkcd comic is a comic about intolerance-but the key question it leaves open is: intolerance of what? When you consider your own judgments and those within your communities, think about the criteria for intolerance. Ask yourself: How exactly is "a------" being defined?

IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT ANYONE ELSE HAS TO LISTEN TO YOUR B-------, PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT: THE RIGHT TO FREE SPEECH MEANS THE GOVERNMENT CANT ARREST YOU FOR WHAT YOU SAY. THE 1ST AMENDMENT DOESN'T SHIELD YOU FROM CRITICISM OR CONSEQUENCES. OR HOST YOU WHILE YOU SHARE IT. IF YOU'RE YELLED AT, BOYCOTTED, HAVE YOUR SHOW CANCELED, OR GET BANNED FROM AN INTERNET COMMUNITY, YOUR FREE SPEECH| A------, RIGHTS AREN'T BEING VIOLATED. IT'S JUST THAT THE PEOPLE LISTENING THINK YOU'RE AN AND THEY'RE SHOWING YOU THE DOOR. What Randall's trying to do here is put an end to people claiming that their First Amendment rights are being violated when in fact, they're not. And the comic does a good job at that. My problem with the comic is that it doesn't address the difference between the two kinds of intellectual cultures we've discussed-and as such, it serves as perfect justification for both the Idea Lab and the Echo Chamber. For me, the critical word in the comic is "a------." Both kinds of intellectual culture agree with the comic-what they disagree on is the definition of a------. Communities that define a------ as "someone who in arguments attacks people, not ideas," or "someone who expresses conviction on viewpoints where they don't actually know very much," or "someone who never admits when they're wrong" are Idea Labs. They eject from the club those who turn arguments into fights and hinder the community's ability to search for truth. On the other hand, communities that define a------ as "someone who disagrees with what the community believes," or "someone who holds views that we find offensive," or "someone who criticizes the community or defends our rival community" are Echo Chambers. By "showing the door" to anyone who doesn't say their baby is cute, they purge their community of dissent and ensure that things remain intellectually pure. The xkcd comic is a comic about intolerance-but the key question it leaves open is: intolerance of what? When you consider your own judgments and those within your communities, think about the criteria for intolerance. Ask yourself: How exactly is "a------" being defined?

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Polls vs the Street

POLLS SAY MOST POLLS ARE JUST NUMBERS. POLLS CLAIM MOST PEOPLE DON'T LIVE IN MY TOWN AND ACCORDING TO POLLS, MOST PEOPLE DON'T LIKE PLAYING IN TRAFFIC. PEOPLE SUPPORT YOU HAVE TO <CANDIDATE X. HAVE NEVER BEEN HERE. ΒUT THE PΕOPLE IMEET ON THE STREET TELL A SO WHY DO I NEVER SEEM TO MEET THESE TALK TO PEOPLE BUT THE PEOPLE ON THE STREET. I TALK TO ON THE STREET SUPPORT VERY DIFFERENT STORY. PEOPLE ON THE STREET? <CANDIDATE Y>

POLLS SAY MOST POLLS ARE JUST NUMBERS. POLLS CLAIM MOST PEOPLE DON'T LIVE IN MY TOWN AND ACCORDING TO POLLS, MOST PEOPLE DON'T LIKE PLAYING IN TRAFFIC. PEOPLE SUPPORT YOU HAVE TO <CANDIDATE X. HAVE NEVER BEEN HERE. ΒUT THE PΕOPLE IMEET ON THE STREET TELL A SO WHY DO I NEVER SEEM TO MEET THESE TALK TO PEOPLE BUT THE PEOPLE ON THE STREET. I TALK TO ON THE STREET SUPPORT VERY DIFFERENT STORY. PEOPLE ON THE STREET? <CANDIDATE Y>

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beauty

THE PROBLEM WITH SCIENTISTS MY PLASMOIDAL SUME MOLOS IT LOOKS LIKE DOG BARF, IS THAT YOU TAKE THE WONOER HAVE HEIGHTENED PIGMENT AND BEAUTY OUT OF EVERYTHING PRODUCTION! CHECK OUT THAT BY TRYING TO ANALYZE IT. HAH, YEAH! F. SEPTICA IS NICKNAMED "DOG VOMIT SUME MOLD." COOL, HUH? CHECK OUT MY SUDES! OKAY, NEVER MIND: WHATS WRONG WITH SCIENTISTS I5 THAT YOU DO SEE WONDER AND BEAUTY IN EVERYIH ING. YELLOW COLOR! THAT ACTUALLY MAKES THEM ZINC-RESISTANT, AMAZING, HUH? DUDE! OH GOD, ITS MONG! IT WANTS TO HUG YOU! SO CUTE!

THE PROBLEM WITH SCIENTISTS MY PLASMOIDAL SUME MOLOS IT LOOKS LIKE DOG BARF, IS THAT YOU TAKE THE WONOER HAVE HEIGHTENED PIGMENT AND BEAUTY OUT OF EVERYTHING PRODUCTION! CHECK OUT THAT BY TRYING TO ANALYZE IT. HAH, YEAH! F. SEPTICA IS NICKNAMED "DOG VOMIT SUME MOLD." COOL, HUH? CHECK OUT MY SUDES! OKAY, NEVER MIND: WHATS WRONG WITH SCIENTISTS I5 THAT YOU DO SEE WONDER AND BEAUTY IN EVERYIH ING. YELLOW COLOR! THAT ACTUALLY MAKES THEM ZINC-RESISTANT, AMAZING, HUH? DUDE! OH GOD, ITS MONG! IT WANTS TO HUG YOU! SO CUTE!

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RIP John Conway

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ASKING AIRCRAFT DESIGNERS ABOUT AIRPLANE SAFETY: ASKING BUILDING ENGINEERS ABOUT ELEVATOR SAFETY: ASKING SOFTWARE ENGINEERS ABOUT COMPUTERIZED VOTING: NOTHING IS EVER FOOLPROOF, BUT MODERN AIRLINERS ARE INCREDIBLY RESILIENT. FLYING IS THE SAFEST WAY TO TRAVEL. ELEVATORS ARE PROTECTED BY MULTIPLE TRIED-AND-TESTED FAILSAFE MECHANISMS. THEY'RE NEARLY INCAPABLE OF FALLING. THAT'S TERRIFYING. WAIT, REALLY? THEY SAY THEY'VE FIXED IT WITH SOMETHING CALLED "BLOCKCHAIN." DON'T TRUST VOTING SOFTWARE. AND DON'T LISTEN TO ANYONE WHO TELLS YOU IT'S SAFE. AAAAA!!! WHY? WHATEVER THEY SOLD YOU, DON'T TOUCH IT. BURY IT IN THE DESERT.) I DON'T QUITE KNOW HOW TO PUT THIS, BUT OUR ENTIRE FIELD IS BAD AT WHAT WE DO, AND IF YOU RELY ON US, EVERYONE WILL DIE. WEAR GLOVES.

ASKING AIRCRAFT DESIGNERS ABOUT AIRPLANE SAFETY: ASKING BUILDING ENGINEERS ABOUT ELEVATOR SAFETY: ASKING SOFTWARE ENGINEERS ABOUT COMPUTERIZED VOTING: NOTHING IS EVER FOOLPROOF, BUT MODERN AIRLINERS ARE INCREDIBLY RESILIENT. FLYING IS THE SAFEST WAY TO TRAVEL. ELEVATORS ARE PROTECTED BY MULTIPLE TRIED-AND-TESTED FAILSAFE MECHANISMS. THEY'RE NEARLY INCAPABLE OF FALLING. THAT'S TERRIFYING. WAIT, REALLY? THEY SAY THEY'VE FIXED IT WITH SOMETHING CALLED "BLOCKCHAIN." DON'T TRUST VOTING SOFTWARE. AND DON'T LISTEN TO ANYONE WHO TELLS YOU IT'S SAFE. AAAAA!!! WHY? WHATEVER THEY SOLD YOU, DON'T TOUCH IT. BURY IT IN THE DESERT.) I DON'T QUITE KNOW HOW TO PUT THIS, BUT OUR ENTIRE FIELD IS BAD AT WHAT WE DO, AND IF YOU RELY ON US, EVERYONE WILL DIE. WEAR GLOVES.

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BACKLASH: INTERNET USERS ARE OUTRAGED OVER NEWS STORIES USING A HANDFUL OF RANDOM COMMENTS TO SUPPORT ARBITRARY NARRATVES! I CAN'T BEUEVE HOW EASY IT IS TO CREATE AN IMPRESSION OF PEER CONSENSUS. THIS DYNAMIC IS SO EASILY MANIPULATED AND IT FREAKS ME OUT XKCDCOM/1019 A O EVERY TIME I SHARE SOMETHING AND A FRIEND RESPONDS "HAHA, DID YOU SEE THE TOP COMMENTS.. IT JUST REMINDS ME HOU INFLUENTIAL THESE THINGS ARE IN SHAPING THE IMPRESSIONS OF EVEN RELATIVELY INTERNET-SAWWY READERS O A NPR GOT RID OF COMMENTS IN 2016 WHEN THEY REALIZED THEY AL CAME FROM A HANDFUL OF VISITORS POSTING HUNDREDS OF TIMES A MONTH O A EVENTUALLY S0CIAL NORMS WILL ADAPT TO THIS STUFF BUT IT NEEDS TO HURRY UP I HAVE NINE FOLLOWERS AND CREATED MY ACCOUNT LAST MONTH; HOU AMI BEING QUOTED IN THIS NEWS ARTICLE?? O A O

BACKLASH: INTERNET USERS ARE OUTRAGED OVER NEWS STORIES USING A HANDFUL OF RANDOM COMMENTS TO SUPPORT ARBITRARY NARRATVES! I CAN'T BEUEVE HOW EASY IT IS TO CREATE AN IMPRESSION OF PEER CONSENSUS. THIS DYNAMIC IS SO EASILY MANIPULATED AND IT FREAKS ME OUT XKCDCOM/1019 A O EVERY TIME I SHARE SOMETHING AND A FRIEND RESPONDS "HAHA, DID YOU SEE THE TOP COMMENTS.. IT JUST REMINDS ME HOU INFLUENTIAL THESE THINGS ARE IN SHAPING THE IMPRESSIONS OF EVEN RELATIVELY INTERNET-SAWWY READERS O A NPR GOT RID OF COMMENTS IN 2016 WHEN THEY REALIZED THEY AL CAME FROM A HANDFUL OF VISITORS POSTING HUNDREDS OF TIMES A MONTH O A EVENTUALLY S0CIAL NORMS WILL ADAPT TO THIS STUFF BUT IT NEEDS TO HURRY UP I HAVE NINE FOLLOWERS AND CREATED MY ACCOUNT LAST MONTH; HOU AMI BEING QUOTED IN THIS NEWS ARTICLE?? O A O

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Peer Review

RE: ECONOMICS JOURNAL SUBMISSION WE HAVE RECEVED YOUR MANUSCRIPT "THE BIZARBE ECONOMICS OF ACADEMIC PUBLISHING: WHY VOLUNTEER PEER REVIEWERS SHOULD RISE UP AND DEMAND PAYMENT FROM FOR-PROFIT JOURNALS. UE HAVE ELECTED NOT TO SEND IT OUT FOR REVIEW.

RE: ECONOMICS JOURNAL SUBMISSION WE HAVE RECEVED YOUR MANUSCRIPT "THE BIZARBE ECONOMICS OF ACADEMIC PUBLISHING: WHY VOLUNTEER PEER REVIEWERS SHOULD RISE UP AND DEMAND PAYMENT FROM FOR-PROFIT JOURNALS. UE HAVE ELECTED NOT TO SEND IT OUT FOR REVIEW.

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Light Hacks

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I DISCOVERED A COOLAND YOU CAN PUTA FREEMAN DYSON SUGGESTED WEL, THEY MIGHT. LIFE HACK-YOU CAN SHEET IN FRONT TO THAT ADVANCED CMUZATIONS INFRARED SURVEYS PUT A WHITE SHEET DIFFUSE THE LIGHT WOULD BUILD BEHIND A LIGHTBULBTO50 YOUVE INVENTED SHELLS THAT SURROUNDED REFLECT MORE LIGHT.THE LAMPSHADE. SPHERICAL ARE INCONCLUSIVE. YOU KNOW YOU CAN JUST CHECK THEIR WEBSITE. THEIR BULB5, REDIRECTING 100% OF THER ENERGY Th...NOT LIFEHACKS! SURE THATS AUFE HACK. YES, THEY HAVE GREAT THOSE AT IKEA. LIFE HACK! NO!

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