Quickies
Skepchick Quickies 1.21
- Read the whole damn article – Otherwise known as translating headlines from, “Oh noes!” to the far-more-likely, “We’re not sure.” From Kaylia.
- Surf’s up! How rafting lemurs colonized Madagascar – Sounds like a new sequel- Madagascar 12, Surfing Lemurs!
- Some social skills may be genetic – “Scientists have found the strongest evidence to date that genes govern how well we keep track of who’s who.”
- Tree lobsters ponder Schrodinger’s cat
I have been resisting being the first post for hours now. Where are my fellow skeptics?
@Zapski: Well, I’m glad at least somebody loves me!
@Amanda: I don’t think it’s a question of love Amanda, we love all the Skepchicks (or at least I do), I think they’ve either been swallowed by the Norwegian Time Hole, or are floating on vegetation to Madagascar. We should gear up and rescue them!
Oh, good. I can blame my parents for my social skills.
I’ve had to deal with a co-worker who had a meltdown because there were three people at the desk. THREE PEOPLE.
@Mark Hall: I’ve had to deal with a co-worker who had a meltdown because there were three people at the desk. THREE PEOPLE.
Were they emitting too many neutrons?
@Mark Hall: Set them adrift on a vegetable raft.
About the whole genes and social skills thing, I live with Auspies, there is a definite difference in how we interact. This goes beyond facial recognition, but they have different unspoken social rules, rules that make it easier for them to understand complete strangers with Aspergers better than people they’ve known for years without it. So, to think that there is a biological basis for different aspects of social interaction wouldn’t surprise me in the least.