INTERESTING: I believe that ESP / PSI  —  parapsychology — exists

Monday, July 21, 2025

https://www.boredpanda.com/things-science-cant-explain/

Curiosities, Science & Technology
Jul 13, 2025
“Accurate Premonitions”: 35 Things That Still Stump Scientists Interview With Expert
Austeja Zokaite and Rugilė Žemaitytė

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Scientists have done a lot of good for our society that we should forever be grateful for, like generating enough knowledge to invent vaccines, electricity, the camera, and the Internet, among other things. They also help us answer important questions, such as who our ancestors were, why it rains, and how we can see colors. However, some things still baffle scientists, ranging from mundane ones like why we yawn to more complex ones like what’s inside a black hole. 

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In the simplest way possible, quantum entanglement is a kind of relationship between two particles that makes them connected even when they are separated by billions of light-years. A change in one instantly influences the other, no matter how far apart they are. Talk about one seriously long-distance relationship.

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This odd connection seemingly breaks a fundamental law of the universe. Albert Einstein even famously called this phenomenon “spooky action at a distance.”

Not so long ago, in 2022, the Nobel Prize in physics recognized three scientists who made groundbreaking contributions in understanding this most mysterious natural phenomenon, quantum entanglement.

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I’ve heard “time” described as a river.  And, where it “bends” like a horseshoe, sometimes people can “see across the bend”.  

I believe that ESP / PSI  —  parapsychology  — exists.  (Faith = belief without evidence?)

Discipline concerned with investigating events that cannot be accounted for by natural law and knowledge that cannot have been obtained through the usual sensory abilities. Parapsychology studies the cognitive phenomena often called extrasensory perception, in which a person acquires knowledge of other people’s thoughts or of future events through channels apparently beyond the five senses. 

I believe this because my sainted wife Evlyn had some sort of gift / curse of clairvoyance, and precognition.  (1) When she was young, she was always very lucky at carnival games, especially if there was a ball or a wheel involved.  She played strange names or numbers with no rhyme, reason, or pattern. When she’d win against all reasonable expectations, she’d explain that “she just saw the winner”.  (2) When I was going to go o a business trip, she was very melancholy, which was very unlike her.  She was weeping, had no explanation why, and insisted that I go on this trip  — it was important to my career.  The next morning I was sent home because her father had passed away that night.  Sigh!  (3) She was incredibly intuitive with people and always drew them into “friendship” even when there was little in common,

As I read the list of “unexplained unexplanables” I felt there has to be a reason.


INNOVATION: Might cure road rage?

Saturday, April 12, 2025

https://www.boredpanda.com/city-gadgets-convenient-traffic-urban-equipment-msn/

#26 This Hourglass Shaped Traffic Light

Traffic light gadget with hourglass timer in urban setting.

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I like this.  Why can’t we have them here in the USA.  Might cure road rage?

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INSPIRATIONAL: All senior residences should have child care included

Saturday, March 9, 2024

https://www.boredpanda.com/nursery-elderly-care-home-happiness/

Wholesome

Feb 28, 2024

All Heaven Broke Loose When Preschool Opened Inside Of Care Home

Margo Butautaite

BoredPanda staff

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Do you remember your childhood when the days seemed sunnier and longer? Perhaps now, the smell of pancakes with strawberry jam or a particular flower takes you back to your grandparents’ place. In those memories, your grandparents seem younger and healthier, which was definitely the case – the presence of children makes the elderly more active and reminds them of wonderful days gone by. So, it wasn’t surprising that when a nursery opened in an elderly care home, both age groups saw immense benefits.

Sadness and loneliness among elderly people at this care home are becoming a thing of the past thanks to new, innovative ideas

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Seems obvious and good for all involved.

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DISCOURAGING: Is there anything more inhumane than a “Canned hunt”?

Wednesday, August 9, 2023

https://www.boredpanda.com/dumb-rich-people-hobbies/

 30 People Share “Really Dumb” Hobbies That Only Rich People Seem To Like
Miglė Miliūtė and Vėja Elkimavičiūtė

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#15 Canned hunts.

We can argue the ethics of hunting all day long. On the one hard, you have the cruel barbarism of fox hunting. On the other hand, you had paid permit hunting for big, exotic game (*where the permit only allows for specifically designated culls and profit goes directly to conservation).

But canned hunting? F**k. At least fox hunting and permit hunting require some measure of skill and afford some opportunity for the animal to escape.

Canned hunts are often marketed as “exotic game ranches;” places people go to get a guaranteed kill of a particular species. You know how you get that guaranteed kill? Because the game are fenced in and are often reliant on human care (so they have limited fear of humans compared to their wild roaming counterparts). There’s nothing sporting about it.

Imagine going to a dairy farm and bragging about how you bagged a big cow. That’s what canned hunting sounds like to others.

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I can applaud hunters, who like the Zulu youth when they go out to become man by hunting a lion with a short spear and small reed shield.  I don’t know what the win – loss ratio is but, at least, the lion has a fair shot. And it’s their tradition, not mine.

I can tolerate those who hunt for food if they eat what they kill. Also, those who do permit hunting to conserve a species.  Even those who hun bears before they become dangerous to people and donate the captures to food pantries and soup kitchens.

I can not shame those “hunters”, who are cruel or use “canned” victims, enough.

Nothing can be more demeaning than to claim a great achievement when “shooting fish in a barrel”.

Argh!

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VOCABULARY: Never heard this one before “double-bun boulevard”

Friday, July 21, 2023

https://www.boredpanda.com/boss-lunch-break-antiwork/

Work & Money
Employee Has Lunch Break At 12:40, It Renders The Boss Livid, Who Texts Them To Return
Robertas Lisickis
BoredPanda staff

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The issue here lies in what the policy is and if the boss isn’t pulling these requirements out of double-bun boulevard. So, this Redditor suggested checking the policy on lunch breaks and getting to the bottom of it. OP, however, doubts there’s one to begin with.

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Very funny and polite way of saying “he pulled it out of his AQQ” or made it up on the fly.

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