Conway's game of life

The game of life is an example of how few simple rules
can generate complex behaviors. The first minute of the
video introduces the rules. Then the show begins..



Don't miss the Wikipedia article!

Cargo cult science

Cargo cult science by Richard Feynman



"The first principle is that you must not fool yourself.
And you are the easiest person to fool."

- Richard Feynman -

Learning by overimitation

"Children Learn by Monkey See, Monkey Do.
Chimps Don't." -- New York Times article

Suspension bridges

From building your own suspension bridge to an engineering
masterpiece of the early XIX century in less than 5 minutes.

Color perception

The squares marked A and B have the same color.

Image by Edward H. Adelson, M.I.T., who writes
on his website: "These checkershadow images may
be reproduced and distributed freely."

Kudos.

The million dollar page

"The idea is simple: to try and make $1m
by selling 1,000,000 pixels for $1 each."

"The idea only works once and relies on novelty."

- Alex Tew -

http://milliondollarhomepage.com/

o Watch how the ads have built up over time.

Cargo cult