[SEQ RERUN] Amazing Breakthrough Day: April 1st
Today’s post, Amazing Breakthrough Day: April 1st was originally published on 25 March 2008. A summary (taken from the LW wiki):
A proposal for a new holiday, in which journalists report on great scientific discoveries of the past as if they had just happened, and were still shocking.
Discuss the post here (rather than in the comments to the original post).
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I like this.
SECRETS OF THE PHRAOS! Mysterious Relation Between Pyramids Height and Base Discovered
PURIFY YOURSELF DAILY: Tiny Evil Demons Cause Diseases Everywhere—Priests Call For Water Rituals
UNIVERSAL LOVE? Everybody Is Attracted To Everybody Else Says Cambridge Don
THE ABACUS: Mesopotamians Present Computing Device—Performance Up To 200 Milliflops
HUFFLEPUFFS INSIDE: Autopsies Show Human Bodies Contain Hard Sharpenable Objects
So… did this idea gain any traction in the last 4 years?
Not sure. I plan on convincing some friends to do something like this on Facebook for April Fools, though.