Sound, it seems, can leap through vacuum after all.

Sound travels in the form of longitudinal wave. Unlike transverse wave, longitudinal wave can not travel in vacuum--it needs a medium to propagate. That's pretty elementary and I guess we all agree with one another on this point so far.

大摇问题多多。。

有时候呢，人看不到未来就是一个问题。
有时候呢，人太有自信也是一个问题。
有时候呢，人太没自信也成为一个问题。

看不到未来，就不知道前面的墙壁有多硬。自信的往前冲，撞破了头，流了血，狼狈的时候才知道做什么事之前要问问senior 的意见~才知道原来以前senior 也有想过同样的东西，而且行不通。

Shaking someone's belief makes them stronger advocates.

It's like when you kill a baby girl in ancient China, you wouldn't feel the guilt because everyone is doing it. So why not? It becomes a norm, something so common and simple.

I read a post by Ed Yong on shaking some people's beliefs and it backfires-- instead of discouraging them, we are actually encouraging them into becoming stronger advocates of their ideas.

It's easy to find examples of people holding on to their beliefs in the face of overwhelming evidence to the contrary. Thousands still hold to the idea that all life was created a few thousand years ago, that turning on your mobile phone at petrol kiosks could induce fire, and even that drinking industrial bleach is a good idea. Look at comment threads across the internet and you’ll inevitably find legions of people who boldly support for these ideas in the face of any rational argument.

Stigmata

Stigmata are bodily marks, sores, or sensations of pain in locations corresponding to the crucifixion wounds of Jesus, such as the hands and feet.

Confusing?

I remember watching the program "Is It Real:Stigmata" on National Geographic Channel while I was having my vacation in Pangkor Island two years back. It was something so new to me back then I felt an instant disgust at Catholicism. Call me stereotype =P

Platypus

"We would like to mention the Platypus, estranged relative of the mammal, which has a duck-bill, beaver's tail, webbed feet, lays eggs, detects its aquatic prey in the same way as the electric eel, and has venomous barbs attached to its hind legs, thus combining all 'typical' Australian attributes into a single improbable creature." Douglas Adams

Image: kasamaproject.org

The platypus is an evolutionary puzzle. When a Platypus specimen was first sent to England, the local scientists concluded that some smart-arsed Australian had tried to play a joke on them by sewing the feet and bill of a duck onto the body of a rat. The peculiar animal in front of them just looked too bizarre to be taken seriously.