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Inside the Museum of Nonsense
coondoggie writes "Some call it the museum of failed inventions and others might just call it the stupidity museum, either way it is officially known as the Museum of Nonsense and it opened in Austria this month. It is decidedly low-tech though it does contain some high-tech ideas like a truly interesting way to anonymize identity (a piece of black card on a stick so people can't see your eyes) and a device that promises to cut down on those huge cell-phone bills (think tin cans and a string)."
Stupidity museum. Sounds like cable.
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Is this that creationist place I heard about?
"Science flies us to the moon. Religion flies us into buildings." - Victor Stenger
Right next door to the Ministry of Silly Walks
Who knew the Museum of Nonsense was a real place. I expected this to be a story about Congress.
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I thought it was about the one in Washington DC. My Bad.
It's in Austria? Well, "G'day Mate!"
The code is decidedly low tech, and most of it is nonsense!
Silence is a state of mime.
Couldn't resist.
And then there's Occupy wherever. Wake me when they start looking like those lovely Ukrainian ladies protesting at Davos...topless.
That is not too far from where I live. Might give it a go if my pending patent application is refused.
Religous speak to God. Insane are spoken to by God. When all shut up, one can finally hear Shostakovich in peace
If this really is a museum about nonsense, then I will only take it seriously if it includes all of the world's religions.*
On the other hand, if it's really called the "Museum of Failed Inventions", perhaps religions should not be included, because as viruses of the mind they have been very effective indeed.
*) Well, say all of the ones that at some point had over a million followers.
I actually own a pair of those. I use them not so much anymore for the anonymous properties (because honestly when you're the only person wearing a pair everyone knows who you are) but more because the design allows me to see behind me while wearing them.
All the world's a CPU, and all the men and women merely AI agents
Why not build a museum on the history of hoaxes propagated by leading scientists? Over the years, scientists were absolutely sure that some doomsday event would happen. They were sure that the 1910 Haley comet would extinguish all life on Earth; some flu pandemic would kill billions of people because we are "overdue"; the earth is supposed to heat to a fireball, or cool to an ice ball; genetic "degeneracy" would take over the human race; killer bees would wipe out humanity; nuclear war is a certainty; the list goes on.
Or we could talk about the history of public health recommendation flip-flops. Parents should never pick up, hug, or breast-feed their babies, except now we should breast-feed them until they are 5 years old. Babies should be put on their stomachs, except now they should never be put on their stomachs. Everybody should get a flu shot, except that they never work. Nobody should ever wash their hands, but just use hand sanitizer; but wait, this year, they should wash their hands. Every woman should squeeze their breasts in the shower, but now only doctors should. Every man over 50 should get a colonoscopy, except the procedure does more harm than good, since nobody bothers to clean the probes and they puncture intestines.
Whenever I approach a new topic , the first thing I do, is to learn what not to do , that way I avoid lots of mistakes
Not if someone lies to you about what the things not to do are. I hate fucking newbies.
To have a right to do a thing is not at all the same as to be right in doing it