http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2011/03/04/the-science-of-mardi-gras/ Where science collides with life, slams into culture, crashes with politics, and gets totaled. Tue, 27 Sep 2011 17:28:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2011/03/04/the-science-of-mardi-gras/#comment-90823 WVhybrid Sat, 05 Mar 2011 20:51:35 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/?p=16360#comment-90823 Perhaps Mardi Gras would be a good time to studying tipping points. There is the tipping point of drunks, the tipping point of police tolerance, then there is always the tipping point step change in behavior and value of beads that occurs at Tuesday midnight. Perhaps Mardi Gras would be a good time to studying tipping points. There is the tipping point of drunks, the tipping point of police tolerance, then there is always the tipping point step change in behavior and value of beads that occurs at Tuesday midnight.

]]> http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2011/03/04/the-science-of-mardi-gras/#comment-90678 NextCenturySean Fri, 04 Mar 2011 19:06:59 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/?p=16360#comment-90678 Certainly lots of potential for behavior studies. Hormonal changes in celebratory states, crowd psychology, etc. Then there are envtl studies like energy usage, levels of (spilled) alcohol in water, second hand smoke (of many types), etc. But those aren't as fun...Mardi Gras research should be required to be fun and entertaining for sure. Certainly lots of potential for behavior studies. Hormonal changes in celebratory states, crowd psychology, etc. Then there are envtl studies like energy usage, levels of (spilled) alcohol in water, second hand smoke (of many types), etc. But those aren’t as fun…Mardi Gras research should be required to be fun and entertaining for sure.

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