10 Psychological Experiments That Went Horribly Wrong
Psychology as we know it is a relatively young science, but since its inception it has helped us to gain a greater understanding of ourselves and our interactions with the world. Many psychological experiments have been valid and ethical, allowing researchers to make new treatments and therapies available, and giving other insights into our motivations and actions. Sadly, others have ended up backfiring horribly — ruining lives and shaming the profession. Here are ten psychological experiments that spiraled out of control. 10. Prisoners and guards In 1971, social psychologist Philip Zimbardo set out to interrogate the ways in which people conform to social roles, using a group of male college students to take part in a two-week-long experiment in which they would live as prisoners and guards in a mock prison. 9. Wendell Johnson, of the University of Iowa, who was behind the study Theodore Kaczynski, the Unabomber, also seen top 7. 6. The Milgram Experiment underway 5. 4. 3. 2. 1.
Using the HTML5 Fullscreen API for Phishing Attacks » Feross.org
Quick! Click this link to Bank Of America. There’s nothing fishy about it at all! I promise! Go ahead — hover your mouse over the link to see where it goes. There is only one way to find out if I’m telling the truth — just click the link already! [NOTE: The demo only works with a normal click on the link. What just happened? Ok, I lied — the link was pretty fishy afterall. The fake Bank of America site is adorned with OS and browser UI that indicates you are actually on Also, note the green lock in the location bar, which indicates that TLS (i.e. The “Fullscreen API” explained The Fullscreen API (see W3C docs and MDN docs) allows web developers show web content that fills up the user’s screen completely. Note that most browsers have had user-triggerable full-screen functionality for some time now. This is nice because the developer can design a fullscreen button which looks like part of their site (a la YouTube and Facbeook). How the attack works
Logic Problems - Very Easy
Logic Puzzles <p style="font-style:bold; color:red"> Warning: Solutions are currently displayed. To hide and show the solutions as desired, enable javascript on your browser </span></p> 1. The Camels Four tasmanian camels traveling on a very narrow ledge encounter four tasmanian camels coming the other way. As everyone knows, tasmanian camels never go backwards, especially when on a precarious ledge. The camels didn't see each other until there was only exactly one camel's width between the two groups. How can all camels pass, allowing both groups to go on their way, without any camel reversing? Show Hint Show Solution Hint: Use match sticks or coins to simulate the puzzle. Solution: First a camel from one side moves forward, then two camels from the other side move forward, then three camels from the first side move forward etc... etc... 2. Three men in a cafe order a meal the total cost of which is $15. Now, each of the men effectively paid $4, the total paid is therefore $12. Show Solution 3.
166 Documentaries To Expand Your Consciousness
By: Higher Perspective Here is a list of over 100 documentaries you can watch for free online. They are about Science, Consciousness, ETs, you name it. It’s a smorgasbord of fascinating subjects to learn about. If you find a dead link please let us know and we will find another to replace it. 1.
Toilets: Is there a pattern as to how guys choose urinals when entering a public toilet
Are you an ‘educated’ predator?
The mad clambering for grades is detrimental to the process of acquiring education. Education – slick, elite, expensive education – for which, I attend classes, take exams and tap a phenomenal fraction of my parent’s hard-earned money. Education – there is no word so grotesquely misunderstood. No idea so ill-expressed. Little does anyone realise that the mad rat-race to score better grades does not ‘educate.’ On the contrary, the cut-throat dynamics of the relative grading system merely give us a taste of the usual rat-racing, throat-cutting, leg-pulling and back-stabbing competition that the corporate culture is characteristic of. Relative grading gives you the grade, but it ingrains in you the idea that your success is tied to another student’s failure. Better grade equals better education? Better grades are universally thought to be reflective of a ‘better educated’ student. Education, however, is not the skill of passing exams or surviving the scars of the corporate world. Faiza Rahman
Michael Cerdeiros - Cerious Productions | 25 Clever Websites that will make you look like a Genius
1. Khan Academy Have you ever wanted to pick up a subject you’re not well-versed in, but you didn’t have the money to invest in a college course? 2. This isn’t the first time I’ve recommended this language-teaching website (and app), and it certainly won’t be the last. 3. Guitar is one of the few instruments out there that’s actually pretty easy to learn if you’re a little older, making it one of the most accessible instruments. 4. Founded by Michael Chu, Cooking for Engineers goes further than just providing recipes. 5. Or Nick the Dating Specialist is a website that wants to help guys be better dates. 6. When we think of exercising and gym techniques, we typically think of bodybuilders and jocks from high school. 7. As much as I would love an education at MIT, that isn’t really in the cards. 8. I don’t like to admit it, but my lack of a business degree tends to make me feel easily intimidated when a conversation starts taking a turn for the financial. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16.
How Browsers Work: Behind the scenes of modern web browsers
Web browsers are the most widely used software. In this primer, I will explain how they work behind the scenes. We will see what happens when you type google.com in the address bar until you see the Google page on the browser screen. The browsers we will talk about There are five major browsers used on desktop today: Chrome, Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari and Opera. The browser's main functionality The main function of a browser is to present the web resource you choose, by requesting it from the server and displaying it in the browser window. The way the browser interprets and displays HTML files is specified in the HTML and CSS specifications. Browser user interfaces have a lot in common with each other. Address bar for inserting a URIBack and forward buttonsBookmarking optionsRefresh and stop buttons for refreshing or stopping the loading of current documentsHome button that takes you to your home page The browser's high level structure The browser's main components are (1.1): Syntax:
The "End of Work" And The Coming Revolution In Education