May 29, 2015
#1531: The BDLPSWDKS Effect
[[A person with a ponytail stands in front of a projector screen with an image of a speeding firetruck hurtling toward a person on it. They hold a pointer, and indicate towards the image.]]
Ponytail: The Bernoulli-Dopper-Leidenfrost-Peltzman-Sapir-Whorf-Dunning-Kruger-Stroop Effect states that if a speeding fire truck lifts off and hurtles toward you on a layer of superheated gas, you’ll dive out of the way faster if the driver screams “RED!” in a
non
-tonal language that
has
a word for “firefighter” than if they scream “GREEN!” in a
tonal
language with
no
word for “firefighter” which you
think
you’re fluent in but
aren’t.