CULTURAL QA 03-2024-03 Allthe below QA are from Quora DIGEST tome on 03-03-2024.
Selected quora answers generallyinteresting including jokes are included Still they need not be 100% correct answers. I am only a compiler. Compiled and posted by R. GopalaKrishnan, 80, on 03-03-2024. Q1 What are some of the real funnystories about any scientist of the past? A1 RimasIkrak, Studied Science at National School Of Sciences ( NIST ) (Graduated2015)Updated 9mo Paul Dirac was one of the most famous scientists of the20th century. He was a very quiet man who remained merry in his owncompany but suffered agonies if forced into any kind of socializing or smalltalk, so much so that hiscolleagues at Cambridge University jokingly defined a unit of speech calleddirac, which meant one word per hour. In 1929, Dirac and Heisenberg were going on a ship to Japan to attend anannual science conference there. Werner Heisenberg, who happened to be quite a ladiesman, used to dance with the young girls before dinners, whereas Dirac used tosit and observe them from a distance. One evening, he asked Heisenberg: “Why do you dance?” “Well when there are nice girls dancing with them isa pleasure.” “How do youknow beforehand that the girls are nice?” Heisenberg burst out laughing and said "Are youserious?” ---- Once Dirac and Bohr were seated in the same room, Niels Bohr, who isknown for being a perfectionist, was writing a scientific paper while mumblingat the same time. As was his habit after some time Bohr became reallyfrustrated and stopped, and he complained, "I do not know how to finish this damn sentence." Dirac retorted, "I was taught at school. Never start asentence without knowing the end of it." Dirac said it with such a straight face. Later Bohr went on to comment."Dirac was thestrangest man who ever visited my institute." ---- Dirac and Oppenheimer spent some time together. In Gottingen, the two young scientists had becomegood friends. On one of these days, Dirac noticed that Oppenheimer wrote poetry. Dirac asserted “I do not understand how a man canwork on the frontiers of physics and write poetry at the same time. “ “Why not”Oppenheimer asked “In physics You want to say something that nobody knew before, in wordsthat everyone can understand. In poetry it's the exact opposite. “ Oppenheimer unable to comprehend, stayed quiet. His comments would strike people as odd at first, butthey would quickly realize that Dirac made perfect logical sense. In 1932 during onelecture, a student raised his hand and said,“I don't understand that equation. on the top right-hand corner ofthe blackboard.” Professor Dirac simply nodded his head in agreement. The student asked the question again, but hecontinued unabated.He expressed puzzlement because he thought the student hadsimply uttered a fact and not asked a question. --- American physicist Richard Feynman idolized Dirac.Bythe time they met, Richard Feynman had become a well-known figure himself. He, being the chatty one, spoke at length, as hewanted to describe new ideas to his hero. Dirac perhaps overwhelmed by Feynman's excessiveenthusiasm, remained quiet all along, but at last after a long silence, Dirac said, "Ihave an equation; do you have one too? “ Paul Dirac’s wife Margit Dirac told both George Gamowand Anton Capri in the 1960s that her husband had said to a house visitor,"Allow me to presentWigner's sister, who is now my wife.” Sources- 5times Paul Dirac was Hilarious Wikipedia You might be interested to check out some footage ofPaul Dirac that is available online. Paul Dirac 1982 interview Paul Dirac, story of positron 1975 Q2 What are some dark truthsthat have made you stronger? A2 ChauhanBabu nath,17h Life is not easy at all. Sometimes you will fail. There's a lot of things that are hidden from you. There may not be a tomorrow. There's a lot of things you can't control Information is not true knowledge. Without providing value you cannot be successful. There's alwayssomeone who have more than you. The past can never be changed. You are the only person who can make yourself happy. Peoplewho don't like you will always be present. You cannot always get what you want. You always get in life what you put on. Good friend will come and go in your life. Your never 100% ready for something new. Q3 If I asked you to teach mesomething really cool or interesting in five minutes, what would you teach? A3 TinyNair, Cardiologist at PRS Hospital, Trivandrum1y Global average life expectancy at birth (LEB) for malesis 70 years while for women it is 76 years. Life expectancy at 60-years for males is 19 yearswhile women it is 23 years. - If you dissect a cell from a lady, carefully tweeze out the nucleus, uncoil thehuman ‘X’ chromosome,it would measure about 5micron in length, which is around one-twentieth the width of a humanhair. But compared to its ‘male’ sibling, the ‘Y’ chromosome, it is 5-times larger and has 10 timesmore genetic material packed in it. (Males have ‘Y’ chromosome paired toa X chromosome (XY), while females carry two ‘X’ (XX) chromosome. While the ‘Y’ makes sure that the male-cellseventually generate male gonads and secrete testosterone, making up all thehandsome beard, attractive pectorals, and second-glance biceps; it does nothingmore than increasing the brawn. Period. - In contrast, the ‘X’ chromosomes in women not only make sure that shecould do the most important thing to propagate human race by reproduction, butalso adds an 8% extra years oflife to human women. How exactly does it do the trick is, however, notclear. May be thecyclic estrogen regularly cleaning the female vascular system of all the debrisor lack of testosterone doping; but ‘X’ chromosomes increase lifespan in mostof the females in animal species. - The Teach It is thus, not surprising that she can afford to spendmore time in front of ‘make-up’ mirrors and trial rooms; while the testosterone-surging, pectoral-flaunting,bearded, supposedly smart gender, with a vacant look, gets restless, pacing up and down, looking at hiswatch. Kerala-women flaunt one the longest life expectancyat birth (LEB) in India; a whopping 80.1 years. I have stopped wearing a watch. Q4 What are some facts that anMBBS student knows but normal people don't? A4 TinyNair, Cardiologist at PRS Hospital, Trivandrum Updated 6y For the common man the main hurdle is to get intoMBBS; and onceyou are through you would become a doctor (the starched white coat, and theiconic stethoscope inclusive). This is what they never tell you till you enter themedical college. Hurdle 1. Clear first MBBS - often the most difficult. If you don’t,you still go back to college, you are not allowed to enter the hospitalpremises or wear the iconic stethoscope on your shoulders. For the info of theoutsiders, fail rate in first MBBS is upto 20%. Moat full ofcrocodiles 2. Get into PG (MD, MS - 3 years - minimum, forsuper-specialty DM, Mch – 3 more years). Without a PG you arenowhere today. Getting a PGseat is real tough (unless you have an ultrarich father or afather-in-law; ready to shell out couple of crores of rupees) Mountainclimbing 3. With all the degree, you still need confidence of thepatients, who will let you treat them. With good luck,5 years of hard work should give you a break. (unlessyour father-in-law owns a hospital) Congrats; you are now 35 years old (The Govt. bond ofmandatory rural service not included). If these facts were explained to ‘normal’ people /parents, many school kids would have been spared from being forced to get upearly morning and go to the ‘coaching centers’ for that MBBS dream. Q5 What are some little thingsyou can do that greatly boost your confidence? A5 MoinPancha,Assistant Engineer (Class-2/Gazetted Officer) at Narmada WaterResources, Water Supply and Kalpasar Department (2024–present)18h Brush twice a day before sleeping and after breakfast. It helps you tobreath fresh and clean. You can talk with someone while being close to themwhich is a sign of confidence. **Wear clean and pressed clothes, it'll help you in standing out from crowd. My note- **It was my practice while working in training centre, to havehaircut once a month, daily shave, trim moustache, new dress and good footwear.If it was summer, after meals in the quarter, I used to change shirt. Not only me, 75% lecturers were so. But in field we could not beas in training centre with stay up up 23 hours in work, going again at 6 PM, continuousstay at different place etc.. Bathing regularly will give you a sense of control over your life, you won'tfeel messy, which in turn will boost your confidence. Maintain a habitof healthy eye contact. Stay straight while walking, walk gracefully. Sit upright without closed body language. Use mildperfume./Powder. Moderate exercise will give you sense of confidenceregardless of your body type (fat, slim or skinny) Meditation will give you control over your thoughtswhich improves your command over your words resulting in better confidence. Last but not least smile more. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Thatha_Patty" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. 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