Fake Science

PHOTO: fakescience.tumblr.com.

A friend of Inkling tipped us off to this newish Tumblr site (Are all the cool kids on Tumblr now?) Fake Science, whose tagline is “When Facts are Too Confusing.” I wish I’d thought of it first.

It’s hard to pick a favorite, but aside from How Do We Get Oil, shown above (which cuts a little too close to the bone), I’m very fond of How do 3D Glasses work?

Enjoy. And become a Facebook fan! (Also, if you’re not already, here’s where to become a fan of Inkling.)


Posted by Meera Lee Sethi on May 10, 2010 at 6:45 PM in fun stuff
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These are wonderful! They remind me of the immortal work _Science Made Stupid_, by Tom Weller: http://www.besse.at/sms/smsintro.html and the first season of the BBC’s _Look Around You_: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2k9JwGpm1w&feature=PlayList&p=54D536D317CEA226

The comforting oversimplifications of elementary-school science textbooks encourage this kind of subversion.

Posted on May 11, 2010 at 4:52 PM by

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