Noisebridge Attempts to Teach Science To Juggalos 198
Working on the assumption that the Insane Clown Posse's song Miracles was indeed a tribute to the wonder of nature and not the cleverest troll ever, some folks from the hackerspace Noisebridge decided to try and educate ICP fans. Surprisingly, most of the fans seemed to enjoy the science lesson, but representatives of the band didn't seem to think it was funny.
Tactical Mistake (Score:3, Informative)
I think this group should skip trying to teach them science, it's a lost cause, and instead provide instruction on birth control and distribute free condoms. Only you can help control the Juggalo population!
Re:More Juggalo research is needed (Score:2, Informative)
I can't see the use for trying to educate them; for one, it's a waste of effort...
Especially considering one of the lyrics to the song is "I don't wanna talk to no scientist; ya'll motherfuckers lying and getting me pissed." They know there are educated explanations for rainbows and making babies--they may even know what they are--but it's just anti-religious elitism worth ignoring. Let them have their magical magnets. Any fans that take it that seriously probably weren't going to go on to be the next Gauss anyway.
Everything you wanted to know about Juggalos (Score:4, Informative)
but were afraid to ask can be found at ED; http://encyclopediadramatica.com/Juggalo [encycloped...matica.com]
Re:Proverbs come to mind... (Score:3, Informative)
you're mentioning something that you're then not even considering; there's another factor in play here. Remember, correlation does not equal causation ;)
The hogs that had mud to roll around in were then able to move about within their pen without being affected much by the sun. They'd merely need to roll around in the mud again once they started getting hot.
The other hogs had to sit in one particular area, not moving around, otherwise they got hot.
It's the ability to be mobile that matters in this case. I propose that if you will see the pattern emerge if you create 2 new sample groups. For the second set, put them both in the shade. In one shade group, allow them just enough room to roll around in mud, but make that as little room as is necessary for that action. In the other group, allow them no mud at all, yet give them a large pen. At this point you'll see more clearly that "able to move around" is what is actually causing the increased happiness (or decreased depression...) and that for those hogs in the sun, the mud merely facilitates this. Given their druthers (ie, in a shade where they don't need to get muddy) they'd actually prefer to be clean.
That could be tested with a 5th group that has a pen 4 times larger than normal, half in the mud, half dry, half in the sun, half in the shade, such that it makes quarters. I suspect you'll tend to find the hogs in the shaded, dry area...which will in the end be the more accurate test of what they prefer ;)
PS - if you had any hogs at all that "radiate[d] contentment" then wow - that's major, considering the extreme prevalence of depression among swine at farms.
PSS - I had hogs as well when I was younger, as did several generations of my family before me (I was the first generation of my father's line to not actually grow up on a farm).