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Seed’s Daily Zeitgeist: 4/2/2007

Five issues, insights, and observations shaping our perspective, from the editors of Seed.

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Revisiting the Stanford Prison Experiment: a Lesson in the Power of Situation
Philip Zimbardo reflects on the good, the bad, and the ugly…mostly the latter two. (via World’s Fair)
String Theory, With No Holds Barred
The String (tug o’) Wars come to Chicago. (via 3QD)
Casual Fridays: Who turned that thermostat down? Probably a man.
Guys are hot. Gals are cool. Aw, yeah.
Recommendations: what they’re REALLY saying about you
And that was before Facebook.
The Difference
PZ has his own version.

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Originally published April 1, 2007

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