Enfascination 2010

Revision as of 21:45, 6 February 2011

Everything is fascinating, but I haven't realized it yet. The Enfascination Lectures are designed to help that epiphany along. You, in your private enthusiasm for some arcane backwater of All Human Knowledge, are the one person who is best suited for communicating its greatness and wonder. I would be grateful for your help. Since 2003, Enfascination has supported the transmission of hundreds of trivial zingers to as many minds, all around the USoA.

• Introduction
• Jenett's simple motor – notes
• Nick on the Bernoulli Principle – notes
• Conor on entheogens – notes
• Ronak on Jain forgiveness, specifically, asking for it – notes
• Nathaniel on how 1+1=3 – notes
• Devin's sound experience – notes
• The Ultimate Weapon – notes
• Jenett and Sean and Satan – notes and notes
• Jack on Fordlandia – notes
• the most compressed word in language via Shaina and Ziona – notes
• Abbie on Bengime, a language with no relatives on earth – notes
• Eli about the theory of tagging your mp3s [sorry, no video] – notes
• Ellena's demonstration of rhythm o'rama [sorry, no video] – notes
• Greg Cox on optimal playlist design [sorry, no video] – notes
• Chris on interoceptive agnosia [sorry, no video] – notes
• Seth on the psychoactive effects of capsaicin (the chili in chili peppers). Sorry, half video. Because it is just the second half, you can see me being incomprehensible, but you can't tell why – the notes clear it up
• Max and the Khazak game of Asyk – notes
• Pontus on sociality in animals. Meerkats are cute little shits – notes
• Allison, Pokemon, Germany – notes
• Allison on Ondine's curse – notes
• Two Famous Gravestones in the History of Mathematics Presented by The Amazing Austin Shapiro – notes
• Ziona's cat Binktownersly – notes
• Russian Emblemology by Nick of Ann Arbor, MI – notes
• Geology Terms by Ben – notes
• "Ways of Beeing," Alex on the variety in bee societies – notes
• Municipal zoning Danny – notes
• Farewell