Thought provoking websites

What insightful and thought-provoking websites have you across throughout the years? On Reddit. Too much to go through, so click on a couple that take your fancy. I liked Brain Pickings and applaud heavy petal, as name for a gardening site.

Milgram revisited

The Psychologist – The shock of the old has a useful revisit of Milgram’s obedience to authority experiments (especially the electric shock one). Things I hadn’t realised: the “subjects” (non-experimenters / non-actors) really agonised...

The story of how we got our alphabets

BBC News – The story of how we got our alphabets. Nice audio summary if a little too rapid for me. I didn’t know about the hieratic-hebrew lineage or the bone cracking Chinese.

Why health fads can be harmful

Ben Goldacre summarises some very compelling research on antioxidant vitamin pills. They make people who take them more likely to do harmful things to themselves. Don’t take them.

Additional Google calendars on iPhone

It works. If you do what virag suggests. Summary: Navigate to m.google.com/sync/iphone Log in with the relevant account Choose your device from the list Select the calendars you wish to add Go to settings > mail and calendars and turn off calendars for the account you...