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How facts backfire - The Boston Globe
http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/articles/2010/07/11/how_facts_backfire/?page=fullIf people are furnished with the facts, they will be clearer thinkers and better citizens. If they are ignorant, facts will enlighten them. If they are mistaken, facts will set them straight. In the end, truth will out. Won’t it? Maybe not. Recently, a few political scientists have begun to discover a human tendency deeply discouraging to anyone with faith in the power of information. It’s this: Facts don’t necessarily have the power to change our minds. In fact, quite the opposite. In a series of studies in 2005 and 2006, researchers at the University of Michigan found that when misinformed people, particularly political partisans, were exposed to corrected facts in news stories, they rarely changed their minds. In fact, they often became even more strongly set in their beliefs. Facts, they found, were not curing misinformation. Like an underpowered antibiotic, facts could actually make misinformation even stronger.
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Glastonbury 2009 - The Big Picture - Boston.com
Over the weekend, appoximately 190,000 people made their way to Worthy Farm in western England to attend the 2009 Glastonbury Festival. Attendees came to see performances at what is billed as "Europe's largest open-air music festival" on many stages over four days - headliners included Bruce Springsteen, Neil Young, and a reunited Blur. Rainy weather did little to dampen the mood, as attendees enjoyed themselves in tent cities, concert performances, dance tents, and the surrounding countryside of Somerset, England. Collected here are a handful of images from this year's festival.
http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2009/06/glastonbury_2009.html
Tags: music, photography, glastonbury, festival, photos, photo, uk, bigpicture, art, images Saved by: admin
Over the weekend, appoximately 190,000 people made their way to Worthy Farm in western England to attend the 2009 Glastonbury Festival. Attendees came to see performances at what is billed as "Europe's largest open-air music festival" on many stages over four days - headliners included Bruce Springsteen, Neil Young, and a reunited Blur. Rainy weather did little to dampen the mood, as attendees enjoyed themselves in tent cities, concert performances, dance tents, and the surrounding countryside of Somerset, England. Collected here are a handful of images from this year's festival.
http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2009/06/glastonbury_2009.html
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Remembering Apollo 11 - The Big Picture - Boston.com
Remembering Apollo 11 40 years ago, three human beings - with the help of many thousands of others - left our planet on a successful journey to our Moon, setting foot on another world for the first time. Tomorrow marks the 40th anniversary of the July 16, 1969 launch of Apollo 11, with astronauts Neil A. Armstrong, Michael Collins and Edwin E. "Buzz" Aldrin Jr. aboard. The entire trip lasted only 8 days, the time spent on the surface was less than one day, the entire time spent walking on the moon, a mere 2 1/2 hours - but they were surely historic hours. Scientific experiments were deployed (at least one still in use today), samples were collected, and photographs were taken to document the entire journey. Collected here are 40 images from that journey four decades ago, when, in the words of astronaut Buzz Aldrin: "In this one moment, the world came together in peace for all mankind". (40 photos total)
http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2009/07/remembering_apollo_11.html
Tags: photography, space, moon, nasa, apollo, apollo11, photos, science, history, bigpicture Saved by: admin
Remembering Apollo 11 40 years ago, three human beings - with the help of many thousands of others - left our planet on a successful journey to our Moon, setting foot on another world for the first time. Tomorrow marks the 40th anniversary of the July 16, 1969 launch of Apollo 11, with astronauts Neil A. Armstrong, Michael Collins and Edwin E. "Buzz" Aldrin Jr. aboard. The entire trip lasted only 8 days, the time spent on the surface was less than one day, the entire time spent walking on the moon, a mere 2 1/2 hours - but they were surely historic hours. Scientific experiments were deployed (at least one still in use today), samples were collected, and photographs were taken to document the entire journey. Collected here are 40 images from that journey four decades ago, when, in the words of astronaut Buzz Aldrin: "In this one moment, the world came together in peace for all mankind". (40 photos total)
http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2009/07/remembering_apollo_11.html
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The longest solar eclipse of the century - The Big Picture - Boston.com
July 22, 2009 (Use j/k keys to navigate) Email to a friend Permalink Yahoo! BuzzShareThis The longest solar eclipse of the century Earlier today, the moon passed directly in front of the sun, causing a total solar eclipse that crossed nearly half the Earth - through Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Myanmar and China. Today's was the longest total solar eclipse of the 21st century, lasting as much as 6 minutes and 39 seconds in a few areas. Despite cloudy skies in many of the populated areas in the path, millions of people gathered outside to gaze up and view this rare event. Collected here are a few images of the eclipse, and those people who came out to watch. (33 photos total)
http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2009/07/the_longest_solar_eclipse_of_t.html
Tags: eclipse, photos, photography, science, moon, cool, sun, photo, astronomy, space Saved by: admin
July 22, 2009 (Use j/k keys to navigate) Email to a friend Permalink Yahoo! BuzzShareThis The longest solar eclipse of the century Earlier today, the moon passed directly in front of the sun, causing a total solar eclipse that crossed nearly half the Earth - through Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Myanmar and China. Today's was the longest total solar eclipse of the 21st century, lasting as much as 6 minutes and 39 seconds in a few areas. Despite cloudy skies in many of the populated areas in the path, millions of people gathered outside to gaze up and view this rare event. Collected here are a few images of the eclipse, and those people who came out to watch. (33 photos total)
http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2009/07/the_longest_solar_eclipse_of_t.html
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Lightning - The Big Picture - Boston.com
geniale Bilder von Blitzen
http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2009/07/lightning.html
Tags: lightning, photography, bigpicture, nature, photos, weather, world, energy, fotografia, toread Saved by: admin
geniale Bilder von Blitzen
http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2009/07/lightning.html
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Hiroshima, 64 years ago - The Big Picture - Boston.com
The Big Picture - News Stories in Photographs from the Boston Globe
http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2009/08/hiroshima_64_years_ago.html
Tags: history, hiroshima, japan, war, photo, photos, bigpicture, wwii, photography, ww2 Saved by: admin
The Big Picture - News Stories in Photographs from the Boston Globe
http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2009/08/hiroshima_64_years_ago.html
Tags: history, hiroshima, japan, war, photo, photos, bigpicture, wwii, photography, ww2 Saved by: admin