CULTURAL QA 12202309A
KR As expected by the copyist who has no responsibility the content
is reviewed; of course, as usual a few may growl.
Q1 What are some of the longest running experiments ever done?
KR The copyist does his job routinely, without understanding what is
that matter he is presenting; because he always copy to fill everyday few
pages as “My husband is also going to office”. Then he will all the others
as SARVANGNA PEETAM ETC ALSO as he is shocked to find many loop holes
pointed out. Let it be.
Ig nobel prize is not from Nobel family. It was created as a
mockery reward ; meaning even QUORA Q and A are eligible to get it; only
thing is one must take a cat and start shaving it daily for many year and
say cat will not bite and if there is a myth that myth is supposed to have
been cracked; it is given to many in different field (velayilladavan
poonayai pottu saraichaanaam) In QUORA people ask so many such Q and A .
California doctor mother used break her knuckles and there was a myth that
it would cause some medical problem; so this doctor for 60 years did left
hand only daily twice cracking knuckle; and found through so many X rays,
that such things are not happening. Now the real Live science article:
Next week's Nobel Prizes will be the most prestigious awards
given to scientists this year. Last night's Ig Nobel Prizes, on the other
hand, were indisputably the funniest. They spotlighted scientists whose
work walks the fine line between silly and significant -- a distinction
that isn't always obvious. This year's winners included Donald Unger, a
doctor who received the Medicine Prize for cracking the knuckles of his
left hand -- but not his right -- for sixty years to see if the habit
contributes to arthritis (it didn't). The Chemistry Prize recognized a
technique for growing diamonds from tequila, while the Physics Prize
highlighted a study about why pregnant women don't fall over that was
published in Nature, one of the most prestigious journals in the scientific
community. The Ig Nobels are given out by *Improbable Research*, an
organization that publicizes "research *that makes people laugh and then
think,"* according to its website.
The first prizes in 1991 featured a sperm bank that only accepts
donations from Nobel Prize winners and studies about intelligent water and
flatulence. Silly-sounding science is often branded as frivolous and
sometimes criticized as a waste of taxpayer money.
In last year's presidential race, for example, vice presidential
candidate Sarah Palin attacked spending money on a particular scientific
study. "These dollars go to projects that have little or nothing to do with
the public good," she said in an October 24 speech in Pittsburgh. "Things
like fruit fly research in Paris, France."
The problem with this perspective, said Marc Abrahams, originator of
the Ig Nobels, is that important science often sounds strange. Palin's
fruit flies, for example, are pests that, according to Congressman Mike
Thompson of California, pose a large threat to the U.S. olive industry.
Fruit flies are also an essential genetic tool used to understand and
develop treatments for medical conditions ranging from Huntington's disease
and Alzheimer's disease to aging and diabetes. "A lot of things we now call
breakthroughs were once considered pretty crazy," said Abrahams. Consider
the peculiar case of the "Frog Dancing-Master." That was the mocking title
given to Luigi Galvani, an 18th century Italian physicist who used a static
electricity generator to make dissected frog legs twitch. These experiments
were the first to reveal that the muscles of living organisms are
controlled by electric impulses that Galvani called "animal electricity" --
a finding that is one of the cornerstones of modern physiology and caused
his name to be immortalized in the verb "galvanize". Consider also a recent
winner of the Ig Nobel, mathematician Lakshminarayanan Mahadevan of Harvard
University. In 2007 he and his colleague Enrique Cerda Villablanca of the
Universidad de Santiago de Chile received the Physics prize for studying
how sheets become wrinkled, research published in the scientific journal
Physical Review Letters. "Everyday physics is interesting by definition,"
says Reinhardt Shuhmann, the managing editor of the journal. "It's a good
way of keeping the non-physics population interested in science." And
wrinkling sheets aren't just a problem for persnickety housekeepers.
Understanding how things wrinkle is important not only for combating aging
skin, but for engineering emerging technologies like nanotubes and
ultra-thin films. Mahadevan's research is also considered important by the
MacArthur Foundation, which in September awarded him a strings-free check
for $500,000 to support his studies-- a prestigious fellowship also known
as a "genius grant." The take-away message of last night's Ig Nobels --
which recognized bacteria from giant panda feces that reduces kitchen
refuse and a bra that doubles as a gas mask -- may have been that only the
hindsight of history can separate the joke from the genius.
This article is provided by Inside Science News Service, which is supported
by the American Institute of Physics.
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Q2 Who are some great Indians that most people have not heard of?
KR So many doctors are there in Chennai itself and Mayavaram is also
one such.
Q3 What is the most humane gesture you have ever encountered?
KR So many such stories are floating in the net and no one knows what
is so behind all these; they are written by people who always say Ishvara
ray is the beautiful woman of India but not his mother.
Q4 What are some things every Indian should know about Indian history?
Kr Sri Lanka bankrupt we wrote long ago, but not read by the copyist.
Not today.
Q5 What are some facts about pyramids?
KR Pyramid of Egypt is extolled and written by many in these groups
long ago but again as if.
Whenever I write why don’t we look around here, you never listen
but carried away by some outside unknown factors, which is pride for them;
but is it a pride or knowledge in India? Have you heard Bhopal tragedy;
recently also I wrote Madhavan on Railway men OTT. There were homes where
people were safe because……
“When we do Agnihotra, the serenity level in the brain will increase, and
the body will be refreshed and remain for a long time.Pollution at present
is increasing worldwide, good ambient air keeps good health, with five
simple rules we can gain the comfort by blazing fire Agnihotra in our
home. Everything
in the ambient air cleans by this. Even if we cannot get rid of the
impurities, at least protect ourselves with Agnihotra.
Do it twice a day. Agnihotra should have performed twice a day.It is best
to know the exact time of sunrise and sunset in the respective places and
do so at that time. The richness of the rays coming towards the earth
during the sun rising is immense, at that instant, when chanting the
mantras of the Agnihotra with rhythmic sound, stimulated that energy. As
the sun sets in the evening, this energy gradually shrinks and subsides.
Researcher Frances in Washington says that the sound of the Mantras we
say/raise are formed based on their movement.
Agnihotra Vs Homa Gundam Agnihotra does not require a Homa Gundam but
requires a *pyramid *vessel of Precise length, width, and height, a stand
that supports it, a small bowl, spoon for ghee, and pliers, all of these
must be of copper material. The electromagnetic rays accumulate in the
copper pyramid used in the Homa Gundam. The pyramid vessel is upside down
on the stand able to move away from the centre and release and increase
these rays into the surrounding air.
Conclusion Research is going on to find out the further benefits of
Agnihotra. A small flame and vibrating words in sharp timing give such a
benefit, Agnihotra purifies the environment, protecting us. Simple
procedure, We will get the benefit from Agnihotra.
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Date: Sat, 9 Dec 2023 at 19:03
Subject: [iyer123] CULTURAL QA 12-2023-09A
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CULTURAL QA 12-2023-09A
All the BELOW simple and curious QA are from Quora DIGEST to me
on 09-12-2023.
QUORA ANSWERS NEED NOT BE 100% CORRECT ANSWERS.
Compiled and posted by R. Gopala Krishnan, 80, on 09-12-2023.
Q1 What are some of the longest running experiments ever done?
A1 Jean-Marie Valheur, just an amateur who loves some science3h
There was some old wives tale that cracking one’s fingers causes arthritis.
Dr. Donald Unger wanted to know if this was true, as he strongly suspected
it wasn’t… so for sixty years, he cracked the fingers and knuckles on his
left hand every day.
He never cracked the fingers and knuckles on his right hand even once, for
the duration of these sixty years. By the time Unger was an old man, the
experiment running to a close, he had both hands extensively researched.
Neither of the hands had any signs of arthritis. Both hands were exactly
the same. It’s funny because I remember my grandmother scolding me as a kid
whenever I’d crack my knuckles, telling me it is “bad for my joints”.
Mr. Unger ended up winning the Ig Nobel Prize — a prize given out each year
for “unusual or trivial achievements” in scientific research. Now, thanks
to Mr. Unger, I can crack my knuckles to my heart’s delight, without fear.
Q2 Who are some great Indians that most people have not heard of?
A2 Jai Narayan,May 28
Dr.V.Ramamoorthy a doctor who runs a clinic named ‘Vaitheeshwara Clinic’ in
Mayiladuthurai, Tamilnadu.
He Graduated in medicine from Madras Medical College.
He works seven Days a week, even today, at the age of 82.
Since, He Struggled with poverty during his childhood so he decided not to
charge a fee for people from the poor background.
To the Rest of the people, He has been taking just Five Rupees as his
consultation fees and he finds it more than enough to meet his demands.
He has been into this service from 1958.
He has been treating his patients from 1958 and he has the honor of being
appreciated by the erstwhile Chief Minister K.Kamarajar for his good deeds
and simplicity.
He is truly a Great Indian and Man of kindheartedness.
Q3 What is the most humane gesture you have ever encountered?
A3 Sarah Wahid Khan, MBBS at King George's Medical University 5y
My brother brought brinjals last evening.(Even neither he nor me like it)
“Why did you buy this much? And they all are spoiled” my mom was getting
mad on him
“Mumma, that Uncle was very old and nobody was buying anything from him.
So, I bought all and it’s Diwali tomorrow, it will give him some money to
celebrate” He said smiling holding her hands which were busy in taking out
the things from the packet.
“Okay! But you could have given him some money instead. What will I do
with these Brinjals?” She said looking at him.
“If he wanted money for free then why would he sell vegetables? I didn’t
want to make him feel pity for himself” he said and I could see the
changing expression of my mom’s face from anger to love.
She didn’t say anything but I know she was proud of her Son.
“Well done bro! Finally you proved you too have some sense” I said patting
hard (hit hard to be honest :D) on his back and our dog fight began :D
Well, that was very small thing and didn’t cost much to him but I smiled
just imagining the smile of that man.
And yes! It gave me one more reason to love my bro even more.
Q4 What are some things every Indian should know about Indian history?
A4 Ankit Kumar Singhan IT professional, trapped in a concrete jungle.1y
Today, Sri Lanka is almost bankrupt; however, did you know that India was
once in a worse state than Sri Lanka is now?
India had a closed economy in the 1990s. The government owned the majority
of the companies in India, and foreign direct investment was restricted.
Policies of previous congress government was weakening indian economy day
by day.
Oil prices were at an all-time high in August 1990 as a result of the Gulf
War.
Non-resident Indians were unable to send money to their loved ones in India.
As a result, India's forex reserves were reduced to 600 million dollars.
Indian reserves were only enough to keep the country running for a few
weeks.
Then came Manmohan Singh, India's finance minister at the time who took
some unpopular but critical decision.
He immediately obtained a 2.2 billion dollar loan from the IMF and sold 600
million dollars of India's gold to international banks. To make Indian
exports more competitive he devalued Indian rupee by 20%. He also took some
long term step. He brought new Industrial Policy and opened Indian market
for foreign investors.
He Ended his Parliament Speech for the budget session with the statement :
“No power can now stop the growth of India”.
The foundations for an economic powerhouse was already laid.
By 2009, India had been able to repurchase the gold it had sold in 1990, as
well as absorb the shocks of US sanctions against India in 1998, the Kargil
war in 1999, and the 2009 global economic crisis.
In the decades that followed India was one of the fastest growing economy
in the world giving tough competition to china.
Peace.
Credits:- Labour Law Advisor.
Q5 What are some facts about pyramids?
A5 Inshal, Writer at Quora (company) (2017–present)23h
More mind-blowing facts about the world's most enigmatic structures:
1. They are aligned to the true north with incredible accuracy. The Great
Pyramid is just 3.4 arcminutes off perfect alignment or precision of ~1
millimeter per meter of the length of its base.
2. The Great Pyramid was the tallest building in the world for around 3,800
years until it was surpassed by Lincoln Cathedral in the 14th century.
3. They do not contain any hieroglyphs or paintings, nor were any burial
treasures or mummies found within. By contrast, the tombs at the Valley of
the Kings are decorated with intricate hieroglyphic texts and artworks from
floor to ceiling.
4. They were once covered in gleaming white limestone casing stones (as
pictured). Some researchers also think the capstones at the top were plated
with precious metals.
5. ~2.3 million stone blocks make up the Great Pyramid, averaging 2.5 tons
in weight. Quarrying these with little else than copper saws, chisels, and
pounding stones, then transporting and lifting them into place, is the most
remarkable engineering feat ever accomplished.
6. The casing stones and inner chamber blocks of the Great Pyramid were
fitted together with such high precision that a knife's edge could not fit
between them.
7. The Great Pyramid weighs nearly 6 million tons in total. Today, the only
structures exceeding this are the Great Wall of China and the Three Gorges
Dam.
8. When Napoleon visited the Great Pyramid in the late 18th century, he
correctly calculated that it contained enough material for a 10-foot-high
wall around the entire perimeter of mainland France.
9. Of the thousands of hieroglyphs found across Egypt, none of them mention
how the pyramids were built or how the Egyptians cut stone. There are very
few ancient Egyptian texts that mention the pyramids at all.
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