{"id":25237,"date":"2010-07-18T08:10:27","date_gmt":"2010-07-18T08:10:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/insane-clown-posse-dissed-scientists-lab-coated-geeks-strike-back-discoblog\/"},"modified":"2010-07-18T08:10:27","modified_gmt":"2010-07-18T08:10:27","slug":"insane-clown-posse-dissed-scientists-lab-coated-geeks-strike-back-discoblog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/astronomy\/insane-clown-posse-dissed-scientists-lab-coated-geeks-strike-back-discoblog.php","title":{"rendered":"Insane Clown Posse Dissed Scientists; Lab-Coated Geeks Strike Back | Discoblog"},"content":{"rendered":"

In 2009, the hip hop duo Insane Clown Posse released the song “Miracles.” The song asks how certain things work: stars, rainbows, inherited genetic traits, magnets–and other stuff to “shock your eyelids.” The exact lyrics are a bit off-color for this blog, but the two singing clowns certainly ask some valid questions. Unfortunately, the song attributes these scientific happenings to “magic” noting, “I don’t wanna talk to a scientist.”<\/p>

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For members of the somewhat nontraditional science outreach group Nosebridge<\/a>, that simply wouldn’t do. Surely, Insane Clown Posse fans–called juggalos–wanted to know the real answer to how a “[expletive] magnet” works! So earlier this summer, the Nosebridge crew brought their posters to a crowd of fans waiting to go into a concert. Surely those fans would be interested in understanding the science behind apparent miracles like magnetism.<\/p>

The videos and other pictures, available<\/a> on the blog Laughing Squid, show the real magic that unfolded that evening. The Nosebridge team reports that many juggalos were very receptive to learning, for example, why a solar eclipse happens, but eventually San Francisco police had to step in to make sure things didn’t get too physical.<\/p>

Related content:
Discoblog: Evolution, With Dope Rhymes and a Funky Hip-Hop Beat<\/a>
Discoblog: Sneak Preview of Darwin: The Musical<\/a>
Discoblog: Worst (and Best) Science Rap of the Week<\/a>
Discoblog: Buzz Aldrin, Rapper?<\/a><\/p>

Image: flickr \/michiexile<\/a><\/em><\/p>

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