What is reality and how is it constructed?
What is reality and how is it constructed?These interesting videos discuss our perception of reality.
I heard a reference to using jumper cables to torture captives, but a 12 volt battery will hardly shock you?
I think maybe most of the combatants fear this type of forceful interrogation and it will not hurt and kill like they are quick to do with dull knives to their captives. Water will tighten up the circuit connection and not really amplify voltage above 12 volts. You have a bunch of amateurs trying to answer basic electricity that can hardly change a battery in a cell phone.
Does it benefit to also listen to a mantra?
Supposed to. A mantra is set to specific musical notes and sound is integral part of a mantra. Aryans believed that a mantra’s power can not be derived unless it is pronounced exactly as specified. The Veda Samaveda is dedicated to this. We also note that along with sound, pronunciation and metre too are very important. As you might have noted, Sanskrit contains very complex composite words & sounds pronunciation of with is a good exercise for the vocal chords and the lungs!Finally, music is long known to have certain definite effects on mind. Thus, if a mantra is having a specific effect like producing calmness, it is all the more useful for that effect. Thus, listening (without any accent on the meaning) is enough if it helps.Further, the actual meaning may or may not impress you because it either refers to a specific god (eulogy) and/or refer to just anything from the exploits of that god to his/her attributes to even natural phenomena.Of course, a priest reciting/chanting the mantras for a rite is expected to know the meaning but that is neither here nor there. A ritual is valued for its own merit. Many mantras recited now in religious rites have been there for millennia essentially unchanged over time because they have been always transmitted through a complex recital style teaching that aids memorization and reproduction with 100% fidelity. Thus many words in a mantra could be archaic, modified in meaning or altogether lost their original meanings.All this detail is to tell you that a mantra’s benefit can be derived exclusively due to its sound and knowing the meaning is essential only to a truly believing/ devoted religious person.
Do plants feel pain?
Yes and no. This all depends which studies you find. We now have the equipment to detect the very, very tiny currents that plants produce when they are damaged.We know that when aphids attack leaves, it elicits an electric signal in plants that goes from leaf to leaf to signal it to start protecting itself. It's propagated very similarly to the way it's propagated along a nervous system. And they do this all without a neural system. The take-home message is that neural systems are one way to process information, not the only way. Source.They do react to damage by creating hormones. Sometimes these hormones attract helpful bugs.(Krulwich) But they do not have a nervous system like a mammal does.This study says plants emit sound that humans cannot hear when the plant is damaged.
What do you think the future on Earth will look like in 100 or 200 years?
Sex-robots will become common. A new sexual orientation Digisexuality maybe accepted by people.Digisexuality- A person who is sexually attracted to Sex dolls/ Sex robots.In 2016, a French woman got engaged to a 3D printed robot she designed. Then in 2017, a Chinese engineer also got married to a robot of his own making.[1]Crime against robots will be on rise and people form organisation to fight for their rights.A security robot was punched to the ground in Silicon Valley.In Japan, three boys beat a humanoid robot with all their strength.In Moscow, a man attacked a teaching robot named Alantim with a baseball bat, kicking it to the ground, while the robot pleaded for help.[2](All these three incidents are true and happened in last month)Drones will replace Delivery boys. Driverless cars and buses will replace drivers.Plastic surgery will become affordable. Genetic engineering change everything. People with money will choose their children to look like their ideas of beauty, intelligence and physical abilities.In the world of social media, Depression and Dementia will become new cancer.Special rehabs will be made to tackle social media and gaming addiction.Insects will become common part of diet. In near future there are high chances many food grains get extinct. Mayebe chocolate and coffee get extinct.Deforestation, and global warming will lead to Human-animal conflict.Animal cloning will become common and living pets will be replace by robot pets.(Chinese scientists cloned these four Isomanic macaque. Maybe human cloning around the corner)We will colonize space.Privacy will become a thing of the past. In the era of virtual world, every aspect of our lives will be monitored.Illegal hacking will become a new terrorism.How can I forget AI? These points may sound interesting but in reality, there are cons of each and every point which we have to pay in future.Image source- Google.Thanks for reading.-SnehaFootnotes[1] It's 2019 & We Now Have 'Digisexuals', People Who Love & Lust For Robot Partners In Real Life[2] Why Do We Hurt Robots?
Anyone know about MRI ? please tell me about it!?
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), or nuclear magnetic resonance imaging (NMRI), is primarily a medical imaging technique most commonly used in radiology to visualize detailed internal structure and limited function of the body. MRI provides much greater contrast between the different soft tissues of the body than computed tomography (CT) does, making it especially useful in neurological (brain), musculoskeletal, cardiovascular, and oncological (cancer) imaging. Unlike CT, it uses no ionizing radiation, but uses a powerful magnetic field to align the nuclear magnetization of (usually) hydrogen atoms in water in the body. Radio frequency (RF) fields are used to systematically alter the alignment of this magnetization, causing the hydrogen nuclei to produce a rotating magnetic field detectable by the scanner. This signal can be manipulated by additional magnetic fields to build up enough information to construct an image of the body. Magnetic resonance imaging is a relatively new technology. The first MR image was published in 1973 and the first cross-sectional image of a living mouse was published in January 1974.[4] The first studies performed on humans were published in 1977. By comparison, the first human X-ray image was taken in 1895. Magnetic resonance imaging was developed from knowledge gained in the study of nuclear magnetic resonance. In its early years the technique was referred to as nuclear magnetic resonance imaging (NMRI). However, because the word nuclear was associated in the public mind with ionizing radiation exposure it is generally now referred to simply as MRI. Scientists still use the term NMRI when discussing non-medical devices operating on the same principles. The term magnetic resonance tomography (MRT) is also sometimes used. .