Interesting Links for 21-03-2015

[andrewducker]

• The science of protecting people’s feelings: why we pretend all opinions are equal
  (tags: psychology wrong science opinion )
• Give an architect an Oculus Rift and you'll blow them away
  (tags: virtualreality viaGominokouhai architecture )
• This video of the waves washing in and out is hypnotic and relaxing
  (tags: ocean video )
• Are doctors slowly

Comments

[lilchiva]

the big bang model simply posits that the universe was extremely hot and dense when the universe was young.

OH weren't we all.

[andrewducker]

I was certainly one of those things.

[kalimac]

No one's going to tell us or show us what an Oculus Rift is?

[andrewducker]

I've definitely posted about the Rift on several occasions. But it's the start of the current wave of Virtual Reality systems, and a quick Google will show loads of pictures and articles about it.

Edit: Here's a couple of previous links:
http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2014/11/the-oculus-rift-makes-elite-dangerous-amazing-and-impossible-to-describe/

http://www.wired.com/2014/08/oculus-rift-birdly-fly/

[kalimac]

a quick Google will show loads of pictures and articles about it.

I'm sure it would. It was the complete absence of any from either the post or the link which struck me.

[andrewducker]

Aaaah.

I didn't give context, because I've talked about it before enough for that to feel like context.

And the article is on an Oculus Rift forum, so they'll assume context too.

[agoodwinsmith]

The thing about myopia is fascinating. I wonder how late is too late to get me some luxes. :)

I mean, the short-sightedness always gets worse, and has been discussed rather fatalistically by doctors testing my vision, but I have noticed that my vision seems to be getting worse faster - and I have been working in a windowless office in a windowless area for the last 6+ years, so. Maybe I need to go outside everyday - and read. :)

[lilchiva]

You might try out eye exercises and more sunshine. I found out about them in my early 20's and it's helped me tons. Supposedly the don't work (at least in America) but I credit them for reversing my short-sightedness and helping slow down my astigmatism. Anecdotally, everyone in my family wears glasses, but I do not.

[apostle_of_eris]

Give an architect an Oculus Rift and you'll blow them away
d'uh!
(This also an opportunity to point to Stewart Brand's How Buildings Learn.)

I've been sort of a fan of neural networks for a while, but hadn't known the whipsaw history. It's the first multi-peaked "hype cycle" I've ever heard of.

[momentsmusicaux]

> The new research underscores this conclusion - that we need to recognize experts more, respect them, and listen to them

And tell people they're wrong more often! I LIKE this research! :p