Reality Checks: Measuring that Changes Constants, Estimation of Intelligence, by Gender, Tulip Mania Revisited, and Slowing Currents

Elizabeth — April 17, 2018

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Measurements vs constants. (via Ars Technica)
Men tend to overestimate their intelligence compared to others, women tend to underestimate it. (via NBCnews)
An explanation of the Tulip Bubble. (via theMarySue)
Atlantic current slowing down to global warming. (via techtimes)

Featured image credit:PBednarz via flickr

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Elizabeth is a professional belly dancer, a flaky computer scientist, and a returned Peace Corps volunteer. She lives in Georgia (the state of the U.S., not the country) but is nonetheless somehow not a combination of stereotypes from Gone with the Wind and Deliverance. Her personal blog is Coffeefied. Operafied. Fluffified. Beglittered.

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