Connor Davidson

Spider Myths: We Eat Eight Spiders a Year, Lisa Holst and PC Professional Magazine

This is an interesting fact for the simple reason that it is not a fact. It is total nonsense. Whenever you hear an extraordinary fact like this you should automatically think how do they know this? Firstly, do you reasonable expect that a researcher or bunch of researches got together and decided to study this. Do you think that that they got a decent sample of people... (posted by Connor 1 day 18 hours ago.)

Two Solutions to the Mirror Reversal Problem: Why Does a Mirror Reverse an Image?

If you are sufficiently observant and inquisitive you will have noticed that when you look in a mirror right and left are reversed but up and down are not. For example look at Groucho’s raised hand. His hand is on the right but in the mirror it looks like it is on the left. Try it yourself: go to a mirror and point to the left and... (posted by Connor 6 days 22 hours ago.)

My Current Philosophy of Philosophies Part 1: Civility and Offense with Regard to Atheism.

You may be wondering why I titled this essay “My Current Philosophy” and not “My Philosophy”. The reason for this is that I know my views are dynamic. Since I am constantly leaning I am forced to constantly revise and constantly question. This is my interpretation of the phrase the “market place of... (posted by Connor 16 days 17 hours ago.)

How Judge Judy Works: Who Pays, is Judge Judy a Real Judge and How Does Arbitration Work?

Judge Judy is among the most successful television programs of all time and has been repeatedly cited as attracting around 10 million viewers daily in its international syndication. At one point (season 4) Judge Judy was beating Oprah. But how many of the viewers actually know how the show works? Or how deceptive it really is? For... (posted by Connor 24 days 3 hours ago.)

Geek Math Clock Explained with Cheat Sheet and How To Read a Binary Clock

For several years I’ve puzzled over the famous Geek clock (pictured below) slowly trying to work out what all of the symbols mean and how they correspond to the time they point to. As I moved up in maths and started out in engineering it slowly began to make sense. Now I think I have worked all of it out so all I really have to do is actualy buy... (posted by Connor 38 days 19 hours ago.)

Advice for your First Time Drinking: Alcohol Myths Debunked, Stories, Units and General Musings

Let me take you back a while to the first time I had a proper drink. At this point I’m 18, just starting University and standing in the alcohol isle in Tesco. I am clearheaded, sober, and thinking perfectly clearly. I pick up a bottle of scandalously cheap red wine thinking ‘I like red wine’. I’ve decided... (posted by Connor 49 days 15 hours ago.)

Innie or Outie?

The question of whether I am an Innie or an Outie is a surprisingly complex question. It would be a ludicrous over simplification to simply say introvert or extrovert. I will say with absolute certainty that I am somewhere between JD Salinger and Brian Blessed. Though that is not at all helpful. What would be helpful would be to create a new term: “selectovert”. A selectovert is not someone... (posted by Connor 94 days 17 hours ago.)

Censorship in the UK: Tom Six’s The Human Centipede 2 Banned by BBFC. A Criticism of Censorship

NOTES The following article may be disturbing to some readers. If you are easily disturbed by descriptions and discussion of horror films, then I would advise you not to continue. The piece is written with the intention of promoting critical discussion on film censorship. The article uses the Human Centipede as a current... (posted by Connor 343 days 2 hours ago.)