Philip Zimbardo, the psychologist who ran the famous Stanford Prison Experiment, was on the Colbert Report last year. Best part:
Zimbardo: Obviously you learned well in Sunday school.
Colbert: I teach Sunday school, motherf#@ker!
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Zimbardo on Colbert
Gopnik on Colbert Report
Developmental Psychologist, Alison Gopnik (who has done a lot of work that has interesting philosophical implications) was on The Colbert Report recently promoting her new book, The Philosophical Baby:
Jonathan Dancy on Conan
Okay, well it was Jonathan Dancy’s son, Hugh (who is apparently an actor), on Conan O’Brien:
Intuition
There’s a lot of talk about intuition in philosophy these days. Anyway, here’s a song about it by Feist.
“What gives, what helps the intuiton?”—indeed.
Kissing Hank’s Ass
http://www.jhuger.com/kisshank.php
A student just showed me this. OMG, it’s hilarious. Warning: Religious folk might take offense (though I don’t intend to engage in any offense giving).
Fun Optical Illusions
This is a famous optical illusion called the “Dragon Illusion.” Find out how to make one of your own here (just pick your color, print it out, fold, cut, tape, etc.):
http://www.freewebs.com/dragonillusioncolors/
Find more optical illusions here:
http://www.grand-illusions.com/opticalillusions/
Read about a recent prize-winning illusion here:
http://scienceblogs.com/mixingmemory/2008/06/cool_visual_illusions_rotating.php
And here’s a recent touch-based illusion:
http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/touch-0717.html
Fun.
Bioshock… in Real Life
This video is hilarious… but only if you’re a gaming nerd and have played Bioshock until the end. Digg it.
Here’s the original Bioshock sequence, if you don’t ever plan on playing the game:
The Downfall of Hilary
Hillary’s Downfall – watch more funny videos
This video is hilarious.
But, let me qualify: First, I didn’t make it. Second, stuff with Hitler can make people sensitive. I am not, however, saying Hilary is like Hitler. I think Hilary could do great things for this country. But, I’m for Barack Obama. He [...]
Bill O’Reilly Is So Not Crazy
This is an old clip of Fox News host Bill O’Reilly showing him losing it back when he was the host of “Inside Edition” (1989-1995). The teleprompter doesn’t work and he gets pissed.
