Seeing faces

I have just started reading A Skeptic’s Guide to the Universe by Steven Novella, and although I am only part-way through it I can see already that it is an important book, as well as being an entertaining read. He starts by getting us to question how we know the things that we think we … Continue reading Seeing faces →

A pixel is worth a thousand nerds

A few months ago I came across an article by a technical journalist who was listing the features that he hoped to see in the upcoming version of the iPhone. Top of the list was a 20 megapixel camera. This got me wondering why anybody would want so many pixels on a smartphone. Just before … Continue reading A pixel is worth a thousand nerds →