Correlations Correlation

by Clifford Johnson     Department: Correlations

Almost all the Correlations bloggers were together last week! We've finally met each other (Tamsin and Ziya could not make it, unfortunately), and got to hang out, get to know each other and exchange ideas amongst ourselves, and also with the KCET New Media team, to help shape the whole WIRED Science website. It was fun, and you can read a posts about it from Sheril, Tara, and myself. It was great to see everyone, and I hope we do it again soon.

Now here's a strange thing that I noticed. Near the end of the meeting, we were chatting about swag associated with the show and the site, and some of us joked that we should have a Correlations T-shirt. As the conversation moved on to other things I idly picked up my pen and notebook and did a quick sketch of the T-shirt design that had sprung into my mind immediately. We all stood up to stretch our legs a short while later and I glanced over to where Michael was sitting next to me and noticed something surprising.

He'd done exactly the same thing - and it was almost the identical design! He confirmed that he'd done his independently of mine. In retrospect, it is the obvious thing that most scientists would think of as the basis for a graphic illustrating the name Correlations, but all the same, the similarities are remarkable! Have a look (click on the thumbnails for a larger view)!

-cvj

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