Monday, May 26, 2008

Please Explain !!!

I recently finished "Please Explain by Karl Kruszelnicki"...The book had this catchy blurb on the cover page (not typing down verbatim): "Gift this book to someone who needs to refresh humankind's ability to make some sense of the world through science"....

Anyways...There's a chapter dedicated to "Yawning" (my 2nd article on Yawning) in this wondrous book...This Australian Scientist (Dr. Karl) says that (GENERALLY) if a medical patient "YAWNS" during recuperation period after the surgery, then it's a POSITIVE indication that the person is actually recovering well and good after the surgery...Which simply means that the surgery / treatment was effective enough!!!

Well...Applying the "Principle of Reversibility": What if next time when you visited any acquaintance (medical patient) of yours in a hospital : you started making use of above proposition? That is, since almost everybody knows that "Yawning" is quite CONTAGIOUS - why not just YAWN in front of the patient ?....If he / she yawns back after sometime, then maybe (EUREKA!) you have actually increased the probability of success of the operation that the patient must have undergone....Or maybe, you might just have helped the patient recover faster...

Howz that?

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5 comments:

Vasu said...

I like the way you think. Good post.

Keerthi said...

hmmm...thats quiet interesting..i didnt know that :)...

take it from my side..i shall yawn next time am in hospital..

nice one..

Meenakshi Janga said...

Lol.Bizarre theory.As crazy as it gets actually. :P

But am not complaining.Just loving it. ;]

silenteyes said...

I shall hire some yawning expert (may be you :D) if ever I have to go under a condition as explained. Why take a risk when there's a way out :D :D

Rajeev .. said...

I liked the way you posted the current blog .. but ... could you please explain why you chose this deadly Guy ..??..Generally people go for the current book if they get the book as a free gift from any frustrated friend ...!! If u really have any matter .. could you write anything happening about the current atrocities such as fuel price.. rupee
appreciation.. poverty.. population ..gay species promotion in india!!!