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Where Waldo is (or, The science behind why journalists now think there is a science to be had behind everything)

Biological reductionism Eyesight Mathematics Psychology Science February 11, 2015 by Brian Hughes 0 comments

The challenge: You know the drill. Waldo appears in different places in different scenes. There are 68 locations, therefore 68 places. The simulation: Let’s pretend Waldo is not a guy in a crowd but a dot on a page. The problem: There are 68 dots representing possible Waldo locations. You must find the […]

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