Thursday, December 27, 2018

The Intriguing Bohemian Science That Explains Wit, Humor

Sydney to Hobart 1998 tragedy 20 years on — the east coast low that changed marine forecasting



A Gift Guide for Billionaires Bloomberg. I know! A new planet!

Orphan, Geoff always thinks that grass is greener on the other side even he lived with Mary and Ken Wood

Olympic swimmer Geoff Huegill splits from wife Sara

The couple had been together for 13 years and have two young daughters.


The Intriguing Science That Explains Wit, Humor


Wit, whether visual or verbal, can make the commonplace uncommon again by breaking the habits that render perception routine. We tend to define the quality of wit as merely being deft with a clever comeback. But true wit is richer, cannier, more riddling. And the best of it is often based on a biological phenomenon called supernormal stimuli. – The Atlantic




Wonder Seems Hard. We Need Wonder


We live less in an “age of wonder” than we do in an age of anger, anxiety and fear; the age of the weaponized tweet and horrific push notification. I don’t believe that one can die from lack of wonder, but I’m certain that a deficit of it will ensure that one has never really lived.  – The New York Times