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...talk about how a lot of the time, our minds create mental maps that are actually really inaccurate. Did you find a reason for that? We tend to reduce things to the simplest order that we can. So where there are curves, we straighten them. Where there are weird angles, we make them right angles. And the reason why we're doing that is because it reduces memory load. It's much easier for us to remember something that's got a very simple geometry than something that doesn't. So we align where we shouldn't. We straighten where...
Foer says he hopes the site inspires people to do more than simply browse for weird places on their ... lunch hour, of course. The duo is planning a guided tour through Philadelphia that tackles the city's stranger scenes. (Who's up for America's longest-operating surgical theater?) "Armchair traveling can only take you so far," Thuras says. "We're interested in anything that encourages more actual travel...
...exactly why Atlas Obscura resonates with travelers, who have flocked in droves to contribute new places to the site. "I think as the world gets smaller, people are still excited to see that there's lots still to discover - and that there's still a lot of weird stuff out there," he says. The hope is that Atlas Obscura will become the go-to place for documenting those oddities...
...love to do both. A good part's a good part. You can play serious and funny moments with a well-written role. Away We Go is a great example. I had so much fun [with] these weird, odd moments, but in the end, I play this guy who's really scared to have a baby...
...hamstrung by another reductive script from hot writers Jon Lucas and Scott Moore (Four Christmases, Ghosts of Girlfriends Past). Virtually every joke either is visible long before it arrives or extends way past its expiration date. Even the welcome presence of Heather Graham and a deeply weird cameo by Mike Tyson can't save a bromance so primitive it's practically Bro-Magnon...