I often wonder, "How's they think of that?" when it comes to certain things. I can only imagine that a life or death situation presented itself and an odd solution was revealed.
For instance, have you ever wondered who was the first person who said, hey, I think that if I pee on the spot where someone got bit by a jellyfish the pain will go away.
Or which was the first geisha to discover that pigeon poop lightened skin.
And what about all of these fertility drugs, do you know that some of them contain the urine of pregnant cows and women; how did that subject come up in the lab one day?
I can't help but think about the genius who figured out that by swallowing whip worm eggs and allowing them to hatch in your stomach you can alleviate ulcerative collitus (pretty sure it's spelled wrong so watch dr. Oz). I mean that is just gross.
Can you think of any others?
Tomorrow, News From Beyond. . .
Yes all of the one's you mentioned are gross indeed. I know I learned the jellyfish bite cure from "Friends" The other two, I am lerning from your post.
ReplyDeleteMunir, how do you think people come up with these things :)
ReplyDeleteLot of scientific discoveries are accidental mistakes, or out-of-the-box thinking by eager beaver biologists or scientists.
ReplyDeleteThat's one reason we need to allow lots of random explorations, to discover these unusual connections. Most of us don't have a clue, but a good scientist has a set of hypotheses that send him to connect the dots ahead of most of us.
I love the Dark Tower series!!!! i always wonder if the person who invented the TV knew it was going to be as successful as it turned out to be.
ReplyDelete@Rosaria, creative scientific minds are awesome :)
ReplyDelete@JJ, the Dark Tower will be a movie and a tv series - which do you think will be better. The tv version will fill in the gaps from the movie