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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Best of the Rest: Movie Blinking, Avant-Garde Keyboard Cats]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2009/07/29/best-of-the-rest-movie-blinking-avant-garde-keyboard-cats/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2009/07/29/best-of-the-rest-movie-blinking-avant-garde-keyboard-cats/</guid><description><![CDATA["When watching a 150-minute film, you'll miss fifteen minutes of it by blinking. Even weirder: other people will miss the same 15 minutes in an effect called 'synchronized blinking.'"<br><br>This is a complete fabrication due to the "purplemonkeydishwasher" effect. The study that this junk statement is based on finds that only 23-31% of people blinked at the same times during a film. They also assumed that each blink was 10x longer than the actual length of time your eyes are closed. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Amun]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 29th 2009 8:35PM</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
