Comments on: better to light a candle? http://mindhacks.com/2005/02/27/better-to-light-a-candle/ Neuroscience and psychology news and views. Wed, 22 May 2013 13:23:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Jigidyjensen http://mindhacks.com/2005/02/27/better-to-light-a-candle/#comment-8532 Thu, 14 Aug 2008 01:04:55 +0000 http://mindhacksblog.wordpress.com/2005/02/27/better-to-light-a-candle/#comment-8532 I think I will just grab some night vision goggles.

]]> By: In Limine http://mindhacks.com/2005/02/27/better-to-light-a-candle/#comment-8535 Thu, 03 Mar 2005 16:34:23 +0000 http://mindhacksblog.wordpress.com/2005/02/27/better-to-light-a-candle/#comment-8535 Miscellany

I think that would be a good name for a poem, Miscellany, but I’ll leave things like that to Scoplaw. Page Stopwatch Fixed: Have any of you who are as nitpicky as I am noticed that the text at the…

]]> By: Boing Boing http://mindhacks.com/2005/02/27/better-to-light-a-candle/#comment-8534 Tue, 01 Mar 2005 08:16:52 +0000 http://mindhacksblog.wordpress.com/2005/02/27/better-to-light-a-candle/#comment-8534 When is it better to light a candle, and when to curse the darkness, scientifically speaking?

The Mind Hacks blog — which supports the fantastic O’Reilly book that explains how your brain works and how to play with it — has a great riff today on the saying that it is “better to light a candle than curse the darkness,” exploring how adaptive n…

]]> By: ~ http://mindhacks.com/2005/02/27/better-to-light-a-candle/#comment-8533 Mon, 28 Feb 2005 08:07:21 +0000 http://mindhacksblog.wordpress.com/2005/02/27/better-to-light-a-candle/#comment-8533 Trivia

Q: Why are night lights usually red in colour ?
A: Because the red spectrum doesn’t affect the ability of your eyes to see in the dark.

]]> By: tom http://mindhacks.com/2005/02/27/better-to-light-a-candle/#comment-8531 Sun, 27 Feb 2005 10:43:49 +0000 http://mindhacksblog.wordpress.com/2005/02/27/better-to-light-a-candle/#comment-8531 I discovered while writing this post that the founder of Amnesty International has died at the age of 83. (http://observer.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,6903,1426459,00.html)
Obviously no disrespect is meant to either him, or Amnesty, which does important human rights work around the work.

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