Why Smart Can Be Stupid

Why Smart People Sometimes Do Dumb Things, Chased From The Courthouse, Boston Bombing Truthers Continue To Ask Questions, Crowd Loses Its Mind As Guy Throws 17 Perfect Darts In A Row, The Man Who Invented Scotch Tape, Confessions Of A Fixer, North Carolina's Marshmallow Crops Are In Trouble The Daily Digg Wednesday, December 31, 2014 TO ERR IS HUMAN Why Smart People Sometimes Do Dumb Things scientificamerican.com Although most people recognize that IQ tests do not measure every important mental faculty, we behave as if they do. We have an implicit assumption that intelligence and rationality go together — or else why would we be so surprised when smart people do foolish things? A SHOCKINGLY DIVERSE GROUP OF SKEPTICS Chased From The Courthouse, Boston Bombing Truthers Continue To Ask Questions boston.com Interviewing the people who believe Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is innocent. THIS IS THE NEW GAME FACE Crowd Loses Its Mind As Guy Throws 17 Perfect Darts In A Row digg.com Who knew there was such an audience for professional dart throwing? Well, all of us now. TALE OF THE TAPE The Man Who Invented Scotch Tape priceonomics.com How a scrappy "misfit" engineer with no college education revolutionized the world of tape. TELLING TALES OUT OF SCHOOL Confessions Of A Fixer chronicle.com How one former coach perpetuated a cheating scheme that benefited hundreds of college athletes. THEY DON'T GROW IN MARSHES North Carolina's Marshmallow Crops Are In Trouble digg.com Too much rain wreaking havoc on Ben Yoken's marshmallow orchards and as harvest time comes near, business isn't looking good. Read more on Digg.com → KREMLIN'S CAPTIVES Russian opposition activist and anti-corruption crusader Alexei Navalny, 38, second right, and his brother Oleg Navalny, left, enter into the cage at a court in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2014. Alexei Navalny, the anti-corruption campaigner who is a leading foe of Russian President Vladimir Putin, has been found guilty of fraud and given a suspended sentence of three and a half years. Credit: AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin Digg for iPhone & iPad   •   Twitter   •   Facebook digg.com   •   Unsubscribe © 2014 News.me Inc. 416 West 13th Street #203, NY, NY 10014

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5,200 Days In Space, New Documents Reveal Which Encryption Tools The NSA Couldn't Crack, Man Is Shocked By Quality Of Gas Station Toilet, The Most Pirated Movies Of 2014, Daughter Asks For A 'Frozen' Doll, Dad Responds Literally, Why PlayStation Network Is Still Down, Even Though The 'Lizard Squad' Attacks Have Stopped The Daily Digg Monday, December 29, 2014 A MOBILE HOME FOR WHEN YOU NEED SPACE 5,200 Days In Space theatlantic.com An exploration of life aboard the International Space Station, and the surprising reasons the mission is still worthwhile. GOOD NEWS FOR TOR AND PGP New Documents Reveal Which Encryption Tools The NSA Couldn't Crack theverge.com Thanks to Edward Snowden, we're getting a new look at which programs can successfully keep out the NSA. COUNT HOW MANY TIMES HE SAYS 'SHELL' Man Is Shocked By Quality Of Gas Station Toilet digg.com It's either going to be really good or really bad... NOT THE AWARD DICAPRIO WAS HOPING FOR The Most Pirated Movies Of 2014 variety.com "The Wolf of Wall Street," starring Leonardo DiCaprio, and Disney's animated smash "Frozen" were the two most-pirated movies for the year — with each title downloaded about 30 million times by torrent users worldwide in 2014. THE END OF ALL DAD JOKES Daughter Asks For A 'Frozen' Doll, Dad Responds Literally digg.com Merry Christmas kid, your toy will thaw out in a couple hours. SQUAAAAAAAAAD Why PlayStation Network Is Still Down, Even Though The 'Lizard Squad' Attacks Have Stopped businessinsider.com The notorious hacker gang "Lizard Squad" claims responsibility for those attacks, but the group claims to have stopped its attacks two days ago.So why is PlayStation Network still struggling to get back up, days after the attacks apparently ended? Read more on Digg.com → INFERNO ON THE HIGH SEAS In this image provided by the Italian Navy, smoke billows from the Italian-flagged Norman Atlantic after it caught fire in the Adriatic Sea, Sunday, Dec. 28, 2014. A fire erupted on a ferry carrying 478 people from Greece to Italy on Sunday, leaving one person dead and trapping hundreds on top decks as gale-force winds and choppy seas hampered evacuation. Credit: AP Photo/Italian Navy Digg for iPhone & iPad   •   Twitter   •   Facebook digg.com   •   Unsubscribe © 2014 News.me Inc. 416 West 13th Street #203, NY, NY 10014

This Week's Best Videos: An Insane Scientology Ad, Shaq Gets Pushed Into A Christmas Tree And A Percolator That Sounds Like Women's Tennis

Scientology Will Make You Better So Fast No Limits Knowledge Forever, Road Biker Refuses To Be Limited To The Road, Shaq Got Shoved Into A Christmas Tree By Kenny Smith, Most People Would Call This A Short Film. Disney Would Call It An Experiment, Industrial Percolator Sounds Like Women's Tennis, How A Porsche 911 Engine Is Made The Daily Digg Sunday, December 28, 2014 CAN YOU SMELL RON'S INK? Scientology Will Make You Better So Fast No Limits Knowledge Forever digg.com You'll be winning every moment, go faster, be better, you can do it, you're doing it. The Golden Age of Knowledge meets the Golden Age of Tech Phase II. New superior levels, you can audit — faster and better. More cognitions, BOOM fast! 1 second, 2 seconds. Be free to soar. KEEP THE RUBBER SIDE FLIPPING Road Biker Refuses To Be Limited To The Road digg.com If you were wondering "Can I use my road bike to pull off some sweet off-road tricks?" here is your answer. PROBABLY TOOK A DIVE Shaq Got Shoved Into A Christmas Tree By Kenny Smith digg.com We have no idea why, but please let this be a Christmas tradition from here on out. 'LUCID DREAMS OF GABRIEL' Most People Would Call This A Short Film. Disney Would Call It An Experiment digg.com In this short, Disney Research Hub went a little nuts: varying frame rates in different parts of the frame, employing new compositing techniques and tone mapping. Some of it is pretty subtle but the overall effect is unusual and hallucinatory. ALSO MAYBE SOUNDS LIKE OTHER STUFF Industrial Percolator Sounds Like Women's Tennis digg.com Yes, yes it does. PRECISION PORN How A Porsche 911 Engine Is Made digg.com The most incredible thing about this video is the continuous, silent concentration of Porsche employees. Read more on Digg.com → WAVE YOUR SAFETY GOODBYE People are actually surfing these massive waves. And these waves do not look fun. They look deadly. Credit: Digg for iPhone & iPad   •   Twitter   •   Facebook digg.com   •   Unsubscribe © 2014 News.me Inc. 416 West 13th Street #203, NY, NY 10014