This is yet more proof (if any were needed) that Randall Munroe is a genius. I particularly love the reference to the omnipresent “In popular culture” sections.
Category Archives: wiki
Random article: The Beginning Was the End
Friday, April 20, 2007
The Beginning Was the End is a 1971 pseudo-scientific book written by Oscar Kiss Maerth. It claims that mankind evolved from cannibalistic apes.
One ape discovered that eating the fresh brain of one’s own kind increases the sexual impulses. He and his descendants became addicted to brains and hunted for them. It was not until later [...]
Where’s the secret sauce?
Friday, March 30, 2007
David Gerard once memorably described neutral point of view (NPOV) as “Wikipedia’s Secret Sauce”. Given the trouble some people have in imitating it, that metaphor seems pretty apt.
I have to admit along with many others I was recently amused by Conservapedia (subtitled “A conservative encyclopedia you can trust”). Visiting it again recently it does appear [...]