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Science's Limits Are Only Self-Imposed
Tristfardd writes "The Independent has a fine article on ridiculous experiments, some of which really are ridiculous, while others have interesting ramifications. If only the article gave links for viewing the rotating frog or the film on self-trepanation."
"Nurse! Get this man two point five times ten to the negative squared 1992 Honda Accord Engines Displacement Worths of morphine, STAT!!"
In critical moments, it avoids confusions and saves precious time.
At least you'll never suffer from the lack of a good pencil holder.
the film on self-trepanation.
Chances are it'll feature on the Darwin Awards soon enough for everyone.
-Adam
he saw a loss in weight in only four of the six patients--the others gained weight
Obviously, the scientific explanation is that two of the six patients absorbed the souls of the other four.
Anything that a scientist can calculate, he or she will. Einstein calculated in his youth that putting his socks on in the morning and taking them off again at night would occupy him some hundreds of hours during the course of his life, and thereafter went sockless.
Yes, but did he calculate the time wasted dating new girls from scratch due to his foot oder?
Table-ized A.I.
If you have a sensitive disposition, you would be wise to skip straight to the next topic. Trepanation (cutting a hole in the skull to relieve pressure) was practised by the ancient Egyptians. In the 1960s, Joey Mellen and Amanda Feilding decided to try it in the hope that it would "expand their consciousness". Unable to find any doctors willing to perform the operation, they each did it on themselves...
Yeah, "expand" all over the floor.
Table-ized A.I.
From the floating frogs page:
"The small frog looked comfortable inside the magnet and, afterwards, happily joined its fellow frogs in a biology department."
I'm fairly sure that if anyone had actually asked the frog's opinion, they'd find it may not have been too happy about the "biology department" part...
I would suspect that this is the weight of the superstition and beliefs that disappear once the dead person discovers that there is no afterlife...