Think What You See Is Reality? Think Again!

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Although most of you probably find quantum physics as interesting as your grandfather's war stories, one groundbreaking experiment will surely leave you in awe no matter your bias towards the subject. Termed the Double-Slit Experiment, a bunch of scientists tried to see whether or not Electrons behave like little marbles, or like waves. They did this by shooting electrons, one by one, through a screen with two slits in the middle, and tried to observe which slit the electron passed through.

Now here's the juicy stuff: The electron passed through neither, and both AT THE SAME TIME!
                      BUT WAIT! THERE'S MORE!
When unobserved, the electrons acted just like marbles, and noticeably passed through either slit. However, when being observed by the scientists (just watched), they started behaving like waves, and the scientists couldn't tell which slit it passed through.

Moral of the Story: Simply observing matter changes it's properties and how it behaves, almost like it knows you're watching.


Here's a short video explaining exactly how it works. If you can get past the retired-superhero-gone-physics presenter, I strongly recommend you watch it:

Want to Lose 27lbs? Eat Twinkies!

No, that's not a typo. Nor did I throw it in to get you to read my post. Mark Haub, the professor of human nutrition at Kansas State University undertook the task of eating a Twinkie every 3 hours for 10 weeks in order to prove that most patented weight loss programs are pure BS. His theory, which has been validated so many times it should be common knowledge, is that calorie intake vs how many calories you burn is what dictates weight loss/gain. In addition to his Twinkie meals, he also took a multivitamin pill, ate some veggies, and drank a protein shake so he could...you know...live to share his story. Overall, Prof. Haub lost 27lbs over the course of those 10 weeks.

Check this story out here: 
 http://www.geekosystem.com/twinkie-diet/

This story is close to my heart, because I have gone through a period of extensive weight loss myself. Over the course of 6 months, I lost about 60lbs doing just what Prof. Haub did; I ate a little less than I should have, and exercised. It baffles me that to this day, people are still hopelessly trying to lose weight, enrolling in all of these programs to help them out, when the solution is so simple and logical.

FACT: Shedding 1lb of fat means you need to burn 3500 more calories than you take in.

Psychology: It really makes you HATE yourself!

This could be you.

As the 'World Peace' movement progresses, and people's individuality and human compassion are evermore emphasized, science had to come in and prove us all wrong, again. This time, however, it has nothing to do with the Earth's position in our solar system, or whether we are a derivative of some ancestral species of ape. Instead, experiments done in psychology seem to shatter our belief in not only individuality, but also in our human compassion towards one another.

Cracked.com published an article detailing 5 such experiments, which you can read about here: http://tinyurl.com/3oavpj


WARNING: Do not read the contents of that URL unless you're prepared to lose all hope in humanity!