Saturday, April 25, 2009

Wow- this just proves what the world has come to

I got this from www.bored.com,


A freshman at Eagle Rock Junior High won first prize at the Greater Idaho Falls Science Fair, April 26. He was attempting to show how conditioned we have become to alarmists practicing junk science and spreading fear of everything in our environment. In his project, he urged people to sign a petition demanding strict control or total elimination of the chemical "dihydrogen monoxide."

And for plenty of good reasons, since:

1. It can cause excessive sweating and vomiting
2. It is a major component in acid rain
3. It can cause severe burns in its gaseous state
4. Accidental inhalation can kill you
5. It contributes to erosion
6. It decreases effectiveness of automobile brakes
7. It has been found in tumors of terminal cancer patients

He asked 50 people if they supported a ban of the chemical. Forty-three said yes, six were undecided, and only one knew that the chemical was water. The title of his prize winning project was, "How Gullible Are We?" He feels the conclusion is obvious

9 comments:

Jessica said...

Yep, read this before.
It's quite funny.

TeamMudkipAwesome said...

The Irony haha

Kanishkan said...

Wow what creativity. I would like to meet him.

Kanishkan said...
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Ghazal said...

Me too. Hey, who deleted their comment?

The Atlantean said...

to be fair, I had no idea what it was until I read the end, and it did sound pretty bad...

Jessica said...

It was Kanishkan. It says on the post page, "Kanishkan said..."
Anyways, humans = fail, eh?

Ghazal said...

Yeah. I think Kraven was right about that.

Jessica said...

Kraven's right about a lot of things.
He's just right about things that nobody else has bothered to question/fears to question.