Friday, May 20, 2011

the Google science is open!

This might prove to be cool-- the Google science fair: online & open to students from all over the world.  And there is a people's choice award for the entry that is most popular, so you can go read & vote:

     Now, if you're anything like me, when you read the titles of some of these projects, you were thinking "Yeah, sure this was done by a 13-18 year old.  I believe that.  I also believe they took the word 'gullible' out of the dictionary."  (don't bother checking-- I just did; it's gone)
     Some examples from the 13/14 year old category:
"Can anti-cancer agents such as turmeric, cumin, pepper, ginger, hibiscus, and beet used in food inhibit the germination and protein content in the experimental seeds?"  What 13 year old uses 'tumeric' in casual conversation?
"Colour Image Edge Detection Using Clifford Algebra"  Wait, WHAT?  13/14 year old's are concerned about the upcoming baseball game & if that girl over there wants to be my special enemy!  Sure, no parent had a hand in this...
"Control of a Ferrofluid Surface by Varying Magnetic Fields"  A -what- surface???  Go outside & play with your brother...
"The Utilization of Gold Nanoparticles for the Treatment of Malignant Prostate Cancer Cells, in vitro"  THAT TAKES THE CAKE.  THAT WAS FOUND IN THE THIRTEEN/FOURTEEN YEAR OLD CATEGORY.  GOOGLE, LOVE YA, MEAN IT, BUT I'M GOING TO HAVE TO CONTACT THE DICTIONARY PEOPLE AND ASK THEM TO REINSTATE 'GULLIBLE' AS A WORD IN THE DICTIONARY, DEFINED AS "SEE THE ENTRIES IN THE 2011 GOOGLE SCIENCE FAIR, WHICH WERE PRESENTED AS 'BY THE CHILDREN'."  I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU BOUGHT THIS...  I DON'T EVER SAY THIS, BUT I'LL MAKE AN EXCEPTION: GOOGLE, YOU ARE DUMBER THAN YOU LOOK...

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  1. Um, whoops-- The Google science FAIR is open!

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