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The Strangest Disaster of the 20th Century

Tue, 22 May 2007 06:00:44 GMT

clipped by: thefoxalmighty
clipper's remarks: Creepy.

Here’s the story of how scientists unlocked the secrets of the worst natural disaster in the history of the West African nation of Cameroon… and what they’re doing to try and stop it from happening again.

Overnight, something had killed nearly 1,800 people. Plus more than 3,000 cattle and countless wild animals, birds and insects—in short every living creature for miles around.

The official death toll was recorded as 1,746 people, but that was only an estimate, because the survivors had already begun to bury victims in mass graves, and many terrified survivors had fled corpse-filled villages and were hiding in the forest. Whatever it was that killed so many people seemed to have disappeared without a trace just as quickly as it had come.

There was no evidence of bleeding, physical trauma, or disease, and no sign of exposure to radiation, chemical weapons, or poison gas. And there was no evidence of suffering or “death agony”: The victims apparently just blacked out, fell over, and died.

Tags: disaster, news

Train yourself to think like a genius

Mon, 21 May 2007 19:04:59 GMT

clipped by: Newfman

Clip Source: www.studygs.net

"Even if you're not a genius, you can use the same strategies as Aristotle and Einstein to harness the power of your creative mind and better manage your future."

The following eight strategies encourage you to think productively,
rather than reproductively, in order to arrive at solutions to problems. "These strategies are common to the thinking styles of creative geniuses in science, art, and industry throughout history."

1. Look at problems in many different ways, and find new perspectives that no one else has taken (or no one else has publicized!)

2. Visualize!

3. Produce! A distinguishing characteristic of genius is productivity.

4. Make novel combinations. Combine, and recombine, ideas, images, and thoughts into different combinations no matter how incongruent or unusual.

5. Form relationships; make connections between dissimilar subjects.

6. Think in opposites.

7. Think metaphorically.

8. Prepare yourself for chance.

The practice of genius
(Guide blog #1)

Tags: society

This will mess with your mind!

Tue, 22 May 2007 18:09:58 GMT

clipped by: mnicholson2

Clip Source: www.jeffbridges.com

Tags: mind trick

Clipiversity needs your diggs!

Tue, 22 May 2007 17:57:44 GMT

clipped by: ericskiff
clipper's remarks: We need your help spreading the word about Clipiversity. If you'd like to vote for Clipiversity on digg's podcast section, click here

Clip Source: www.glitchnyc.com

Clipiversity, our new video podcast where we feature interesting things we learn on Clipmarks.com has been approved on Digg’s podcast section. I’d really appreciate your diggs to help get the show onto the “up and coming” list. Suggestions and comments about the show are always appreciated as well. Thanks!

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Tags: clipmarks, clipiversity, podcast, digg, vlog, video