How We Fought TheWrong Side Of The Console Wars

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The REAL reason NES games didn't work: http://mentalfloss.com/article..../12589/did-blowing-n

Check out http://youarenotsosmart.com/ for more on cognitive biases
Books by David McRaney: http://amzn.to/1pQqmQh and http://amzn.to/1qrGRpM

Did blowing on NES cartridges actually do anything? http://mentalfloss.com/article..../12589/did-blowing-n
http://gaming.stackexchange.co....m/questions/15044/wh
http://www.digitpress.com/foru....m/showthread.php?117

Mario speedrun video via akyeren: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Boq3ghiTKHA

The Vegetable Lamb of Tartary: http://www.wired.com/2014/04/f....antastically-wrong-v

Mice from dirty laundry and other spontaneous generation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S....pontaneous_generatio

Here's another video testing the effectiveness of blowing into NES cartridges: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNi4A2KGOfw

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