When you need quick answers to life’s burning yes or no questions, most reasonable people reach for a Magic 8-Ball. But since we all have most of those answers memorized at this point, has the Magic 8 ...

If you have any profound, potentially life-altering “yes” or “no” questions you need to ask, don’t bother with a Magic 8-Ball; we all know it’s just a toy from Mattel that gives you answers by chance.

Is this cool? Signs say yes. Everyone knows the classic Magic-8 Ball. You ask yourself a question, say, Should I go to college? Shake the ball and the die inside etched with text returns the answer: ...