What I saw on the web on 2023.6.23

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1. Garden Path Sentence
   by Randall Munroe
   https://xkcd.com/2793/
   trouble parsing? try explain XKCD
   via rss
   
   
2. Why did no one tell me Elephants have religion and observed to Worship the Moon?
   by the broletariat
   https://twitter.com/scholf_a_loaf/status/1357386921153081348?lang=fi
   i was also unaware of this
   via wil
   
   
3. Aerosol SARS-CoV-2 found sensitive to pH, CO2 is acidic
   by siderea
   https://siderea.dreamwidth.org/1816196.html
   i'd seen a brief mention of this elseweb a few days ago. this discussion is more helpful. and interesting!
   via rss
   
   
4. Episode 8: Poster Launch + Miscellaneous Groups | Christian Denominations Family Tree Series
   by Useful Charts
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7PfJRprpDU
   bringing the epic discussion to a conclusion! that's a lot of groups!
   via checking youtube
   
   
5. Understanding Cancer Survival Rates
   by Hank Green
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cepUz29tqEI
   i was aware of some aspects of this already, but a good discussion nonetheless
   via youtube recommends on previous
   
   
6. Is human intelligence overrated?
   by Howard Goldenthal
   https://www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/human-intelligence-overrated-justin-gregg-1.6884219?cmp=rss
   setting aside the whole question of whether sentience is overrated, for which, see Blindsight by Peter Watts
   via rss
   
   
7. Electric flying taxis in works for 2024 Paris Olympics
   by Rusty Blazenhoff
   https://boingboing.net/2023/06/23/electric-flying-taxis-in-works-for-2024-paris-olympics.html
   can you say "Saneer-Weeksbooth"?
   via rss
   
   
8. epicycle clock
   by Sophie Houlden
   https://sophiehoulden.com/randomstuff/epitime/
   fancy!
   via discord