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Change one thing at a time, and hold all others equal - ceteris paribus. It’s a core of science - to do an experiment, you look at cause and effect by making a cause happen and observing for effect. Except, just about anything that happens in the real world is not easily explained by a single cause, and so we work backwards from effect to try to puzzle out the causes, because that’s the way that gives you the most truth - the effect is observable and known, but the cause isn’t always clear, not until you repeat and retry and figure out how many strings you need to be tugging on at any one time to get the puppet to dance. ...

It’s only Tuesday and it’s already a slow week. Here’s a couple of links for you: Somali Cruises - the hot new cruise/adventure holiday destination! We sail up and down the coast of Somalia waiting to get hijacked by pirates. We encourage you to bring your ‘High powered weapons’ along on the cruise. If you don’t have weapons of your own, you can rent them on the boat. We guarantee that you will experience at least two hijacking attempts by pirates or we will refund half your money back, including gun rental charges and any unused ammo (mini gun charges not included). ...

The difference between you and someone who got into MIT? You were satisfied with just pushing your shopping trolley around: That thing can clock 45 miles per hour, or 72km/h! Dude, you frigging kidding me?! (more info here) (via)