Pretentious Pretenses

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November 2010

33 posts

from the film Amelie.

“I have grown to love secrecy. It seems to be the one thing that can make modern...”

– Oscar Wilde (via enchanting)

NPR has a fascinating segment about how humans can’t walk in a straight line unless we have an external guide. We just end up walking in circles. It turns out, no one is really sure why this happens but experiments on walkers, drivers and swimmers have all found the tendency to circle back on ourselves despite us thinking that we’re maintaining a steady course ahead. ..so if you ever feel like...

The President's Photographer →

via commaspliced

It’s all gonna fade Simon and Garfunkel,...

“After one has played a vast quantity of notes and more notes, it is simplicity...”

– -Frederick Chopin via grace-notes via quote-book)

Effects of Radioactivity Over Time

duh, its science.. via fakescience

“The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source...”

– Albert Einstein /concur

A LIFE ON FACEBOOK: The story of a man told through the facebook’s interface.

“So it goes”

– Renowned author Kurt Vonnegut born on this day in 1922, Slaughterhouse-Five.

Your Mind on Music →

Scientists Can Tell If You’re Listening to Beethoven or Bach. Even If You Can’t.