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Don’t talk to me about Friday the 13th
Author: Gwynn Compton.
I’m not a superstitious person by any stretch of the imagination. Every time I hear about superstitions I go out of my way to point out that the said superstition is, in all likelihood, bogus. I say “in all likelihood” because as the biologist Richard Dawkins points out, no scientist can say that something is absolutely impossible, rather it is just extremely improbable.
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Infographic: The pluck of the Irish
Author: Gwynn Compton.
Growing up, I remember a series of jokes that went along the lines of, “Did you hear about the latest Irish invention? (Insert seemingly ridiculous invention here, e.g. submarine with electric windows).” Looking back, it’s clear now that such jokes were born of stereotypes created by the history of the Emerald Isle, both colourful and sad in equal measure.
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Money, money, money in an infographic’s world
Author: Gwynn Compton.
Following on from my last infographic blog on Geeks vs Nerds, this time I wanted to indulge in a discussion of one of the most complicated infographics I’ve ever seen.
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