Interesting Links for 17-09-2017

[andrewducker]

I still haven't read Atlas Shrugged. I'm still not going to

(tags: review politics scifi usa )

What are the most popular episodes of Star Trek?

(tags: StarTrek tv netflix )

Longtime Stephen King fans criticize new IT adaptation for not being awful enough

(tags: tv stephenking )

Sudden Infant Death Syndrome linked to serotonin changes

(tags: serotonin death babies )

Rising CO2 levels mean plants have less nutrients in them

(tags: viaFanf plants co2 food OhForFucksSake doom )

Untangling the Controversial Legacy of Sigmund Freud

(tags: psychology history )

Scientists invent jab that could deliver every childhood vaccine in one go

(tags: vaccination )

How To Make A Blockbuster Movie Trailer

(tags: funny satire true video trailer )

How Not to Land an Orbital Rocket Booster - the SpaceX way

(tags: spacex video )

Why the amount of the "Brexit divorce bill" doesn't matter that much

(tags: uk europe polls money )

Uber’s search for a female CEO has been narrowed down to 3 men

(tags: gender business usa )

The Week My Husband Left And My House Was Burgled I Secured A Grant To Begin The Project That Became BRCA1

Frankly amazing.
(tags: life academia research amazing )

Comments

[jack]

Someone made the point to me that Atlas Shrugged might be worthwhile reading for people who *should* be more selfish. Women in marriages whose husbands expect partnership to mean that they do one thing and their partner does everything else and anticipates all of their needs. People with abusive parents who were raised to never try to excel. But unsurprisingly, it became popular instead with people who were already quite self-entitled, like rich people who run major countries :(

[andrewducker]

It might be. And I do know a fair few people who could do with being more selfish. But I'm not sure that Atlas Shrugged is the answer, rather than something which encourages people to stand up for themselves without being utter dicks about it.

[dewline]

Seconded. Such people need something other than that book, or any other by that author.

[amaebi]

Now I want to consider an close-alternative universe in which John Galt was Ntozake Mbele, a disabled Black Woman-- and how the work was received there.

Untangling the Controversial Legacy of Sigmund Freud

[jack]

I used to say, it was possible Freud popularised the *idea* of understanding the brain, of forming hypotheses and confirming them with evidence, even though almost all of his specific ideas were wrong.

But then someone on tumblr had an impassioned rant about how many of Freud's specifics were inevitably diagnosing comparatively vulnerable people (ie. people who needed psychiatric help, but often imposed on them) with basically "it's all your fault" which was helpful to their more powerful relatives who were often paying for it. And he was an outsider so he may not have had much choice if he was to practice at all, but that was not good. I can't vouch for the details but they sounded to mostly know what they were talking about.

Re: Untangling the Controversial Legacy of Sigmund Freud

[andrewducker]

I don't really know enough about Freud to know how accurate that is.

But yes, he get kudos for trying, but I do worry about anyone not being very critical of his legacy.

The Week My Husband Left And My House Was Burgled I Secured A Grant To Begin The Project That Became

[jack]

That is an amazing story. Although I recently learned that Joe DiMaggio used to beat up Marilyn Monroe, which made me less confident of "who wouldn't trust..." :( Previously the only thing I knew about him was that if you were a dog and someone asked you who was the greatest baseball player of all time, you should say DiMaggio, not Ruth.

Re: The Week My Husband Left And My House Was Burgled I Secured A Grant To Begin The Project That Be

[andrewducker]

I am very curious as to how you came to know the dog-related one...

Re: The Week My Husband Left And My House Was Burgled I Secured A Grant To Begin The Project That Be

[jack]

It was similar to this: https://unijokes.com/joke-269/

But I don't remember where I heard it *first* :)

Re: The Week My Husband Left And My House Was Burgled I Secured A Grant To Begin The Project That Be

[andrewducker]

That's glorious.

Almost as fun as the bear in a bar joke.

Re: The Week My Husband Left And My House Was Burgled I Secured A Grant To Begin The Project That Be

[mair_in_grenderich]

I (can't log in with OpenID any more and) wondered why the dog was called Aussie when she dropped the kid off at school, and Ernie when she picked her up again.

[calimac]

A list of the most rewatched episodes of Star Trek (or, as I gather this is, the most rewatched episodes by those who had already watched all the other episodes of every series) is a very interesting thing, and I'm glad to see it, but it's not quite the same thing as a list of the most popular episodes.

[andrewducker]

Fair point!

[amaebi]

That story about the cascade of mostly-wretched happenstances leading to the funding of the breast cancer research is amazing.

Also, paradigmatic of the burdens women academics bear-- though she was happily fortunate in some male colleagues.

[agoodwinsmith]

Right round baby right round - that was brilliant. :)

[andrewducker]

Yeah, I thought the music worked really well!

[momentsmusicaux]

> I still haven't read Atlas Shrugged. I'm still not going to

The sequel is really good though! You should read that.

[theandrewhickey]

Is that a reference to http://bradhicks.livejournal.com/393124.html ?
If so, I totally agree.

[momentsmusicaux]

Actually, no, it was this I was referring to: http://angryflower.com/348.html

[theandrewhickey]

That works too :)

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[oooo]

I also read that one http://143hindijokes.com/