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People Emit Visible Light
An Anonymous Reader writes "The human body literally glows, emitting a visible light in extremely small quantities at levels that rise and fall with the day, scientists now reveal. Japanese researchers have shown that the body emits visible light, 1,000 times less intense than the levels to which our naked eyes are sensitive. In fact, virtually all living creatures emit very weak light, which is thought to be a byproduct of biochemical reactions involving free radicals."
So, I guess we really are all "Shiny Happy People!" I suppose next we should begin holding hands.
May be I can use this definition to claim my code is fully documented when the sole documentation is a line of comment that says, "Someday I should document this insane hack."
sed -e 's/Chuck Norris/Rajnikant/g' joke > fact
Master Yoda called this back in The Empire Strikes Back: "Luminous beings are we...not this crude matter!"
People are visible, but they aren't all that bright.
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The important thing here is we just discovered the solution to the energy crisis, all we need are MORE people.
Think about it; if 1 person emits light 1000 times too faint to see, that means 1000 people emit exactly enough light to see. All I need are 1000+ Chinese people willing to stand around in my hallway for a couple pennies a month and I don't need a nightlight to find my way to the pisser at 4am anymore!!!
"Luminous beings are we, not this crude matter." - Yoda
Seven puppies were harmed during the making of this post.
You plonks just sparkle. We shine.
Oh, and to E.T.: I've got your ouch right here.
Yes, but you're talking about a blackbody spectrum, whereas the article is implying that this is something else (photons released by chemical reactions, not by the thermal jiggle of charge). See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biophotons
For instance, someone who is emitting a "pensive" light spectrum, along with other biological cues like sweat, and fidgiting may be a good suspect for scrutiny.
So you're saying we should judge people by the color of their skin?
How humbling, though, to realize that a four-watt nightlight harbors something like a billion times more chi than you do.
It was re-discovered in the 70s by a German physicist named Fritz-Albert Popp
Soo.. you're trying to tell us that this is just some sort of Popp-physiology?
"1,000 times less intense than the levels to which our naked eyes are sensitive"
yeah apparently Japanese scientists have a different definition of visible than I do. I always had that stupid "if I can see it then it is visible, if I can't see it then it isn't visible".
I bet it is just like with cellular mitosis: audibly noisy when my cells divide, just so quiet that I can't personally hear it.
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What does color have to do with this?
Well if you're black, this means you're probably going to be more popular at raves.
Tell 'em they'll get lighter.
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John? The disciples?
I assume "no shit, join the club" would be in there somewhere if they had.
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