Poverty and all its related concerns require so much mental energy that the poor have less remaining brainpower to devote to other areas of life, according to research based at Princeton University. As a result, people of limited means are Read More …
Month: August 2013
Remembering Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and His Dream
Fifty years ago today, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., the noted civil rights champion of the United States, stood on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. and addressed a crowd of 250,000 civil rights supporters. At the Read More …
Profoundly Gifted Statistician Commits Suicide on Sixtieth Birthday; Creates Intricate Website to Document “Most Organized Good-Bye in Recorded History”
Martin Manley, a sports statistician and member of the “Triple Nine Society” whose IQ ranked him in the 99.9th percentile, committed suicide August 15, 2013 on what was his 60th birthday. His suicide coincided with the release of a complex Read More …
The Brilliant Mind of Edison Lee
Humorous comic strip I found about an intellectually-gifted child. Click on the strip to see more.