1.0Spectacular Speaking 2023https://spectacularspeaking.comjerzy.zientkowskihttps://spectacularspeaking.com/author/jerzy-zientkowski/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="YEZypGoops"><a href="https://spectacularspeaking.com/2019/08/28/man-in-the-hole/">Man in the hole</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://spectacularspeaking.com/2019/08/28/man-in-the-hole/embed/#?secret=YEZypGoops" width="600" height="338" title="“Man in the hole” — Spectacular Speaking 2023" data-secret="YEZypGoops" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); </script> https://spectacularspeaking.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Man-in-the-hole-—-kopia.png1120190In 1947 Kurt Vonnegut, who would later become a well known writer, wrote his master thesis for anthropology. It was rejected. Too simple. Looked like he had had too much fun creating it. 15 years later Vonnegut eventually did receive his masters, and in 2014 computer aided research on an enormous part of English stories … Continue reading ""