Einstein to Monroe?
Filed under: Fun | Tags: albert einstein, illusion, marilyn monroe
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This looks like a picture of Albert Einstein, until you view it from a distance of five feet or more. =)
On my inclination to politicize issues
James Hare thinks: “whenever I say something to Anirudh it ends up being a long conversation about politics.”
Do you think that’s true?
By the way, Nidhi thinks I am a liar, so I removed the last post.
Geeks finding Love?
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Whacked from the XKCD shirt-store. The store is back online and there are some great shirts made available for you!
Crisis in China
Filed under: china, languages, society, world | Tags: china, chinese, chinese characters, fear, hope, ideogram
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One word can say a lot.
Spend some time with a philosophy or language buff, and you might hear that the Chinese character for “crisis” is actually a combination of characters meaning “danger” and “opportunity.” The basic idea, syndicated “Straight Dope” columnist Cecil Adams explained a few years ago, is that a moment of crisis presents two possible outcomes: either growth and positive change or regression and failure. Sounds like some pretty deep ancient wisdom, right?
