“Everyone should have a museum dedicated to the worst day of their life and be forced to attend it with a bunch of tourists from Denmark.”
Tag: 05.19.14
Why Do People Persist In Believing Things That Just Aren’t True? And Is There Any Way To Convince Them?
“When there’s no immediate threat to our understanding of the world, we change our beliefs. It’s when that change contradicts something we’ve long held as important that problems occur.” So one researcher may have worked out an unexpected way to break through.
This Actor Makes A Living Getting Killed By Samurai
“Seizo Fukumoto has been stabbed, slashed and sliced with Japanese swords for over 50 years. He is one of the top kirareyaku actors, stuntmen who specialize in being killed by the hero samurai in period movies and TV shows. A true kirareyaku is one who can make viewers cringe in their seats, … Mr. Fukumoto said.”
‘Singularly Clueless’ And ‘A Shade Disingenuous’: Anne Midgette On The Current Sexist-Critics-Vs.-Singers-Of-Size Brouhaha
“Mentioning a singer’s looks may be relevant in some cases, but dismissing a strong vocal performance as a ‘problem’ because of those looks seems to me singularly clueless. Opera’s history has been full of the physiques that gave birth to the fat-lady cliché. To suddenly act as though credible looks represented the ultimate criterion of a successful performance is at the very least confusing.”
Saudi Arabia To Spend $1.7 Billion To Build 230 Museums
While Saudi art up to the present day will be included in the scheme, the emphasis is on archaeology. “‘Islam is a great religion and through its openness and sustainability it has enlightened the rest of the world,’ said Prince Sultan. ‘But if we only research the history of Saudi Arabia post 610AD and say nothing about our history before then, we are belittling Islam.'”
Saudi Aramco To Build Major Cultural Center in Dhahran
The King Abdulaziz Center for World Culture, set top open in 2015, “has been designed by the Norwegian architectural firm Snøhetta and will have a library, archive, multimedia theatre, children’s discovery zone, a great hall for international exhibitions and an ambitious museum.”
Attackers Of Birmingham Royal Ballet Star Plead Guilty
“Dominic Antonucci was attacked as he strolled in a park just before going on stage for a performance. The 40-year-old dad needed surgery to repair a damaged retina and spent two months off work recovering from his injuries, which also included a broken nose.”
Quotation Websites And ‘The Outsourcing Of Erudition’
Or, how “Just remember, once you’re over the hill you begin to pick up speed” got attributed to, of all people, Arthur Schopenhauer.
China Bans ‘Big Bang Theory’, ‘The Good Wife’, ‘NCIS’, ‘The Practice’
The four U.S. TV series “were ordered off video streaming websites in China because the popular shows breached regulations on harmful content, according to China’s media watchdog.” (The public was not happy.)
Is Fear Of Failure Holding China Back?
“Business leaders like Steve Jobs who bounced back from embarrassing failure to reach their greatest success are a common American archetype, and a common motif for the TED Talk set. But in China, where entrepreneurship is a newer phenomenon and millions are only recently emerging from poverty, the idea that you need to fail before you can succeed is a tougher sell.”