Magic and Theories.

My name is probably one of the most unique names one could find. I found a total of 97 ‘Kanksha’s’ who use Facebook (Yes, I actually counted.),  99% of the people think it is Aakanksha at first and the other one percent simply enjoy pulling my leg and testing my patience by getting it wrong in the beginning purposely. You can see it in the twinkle of their eyes.

So why did I suddenly go all ballistic and start talking about names? Apparently, my cousin, (who just refrained from talking to me because of her ‘overwhelmingly eventful life’) had become really bored and decided to google articles that had used puns. She came across this article which talked about how naming cows isn’t udder nonsense. A new study now says that cows that are given names tend to give more milk than cows that aren’t. (If you wish to read more, the link is in the middle of the left and right corner of this page below. In simpler words, I meant in the end :P) I find the fact pretty amusing, but at the same time am not surprised.

If you are a regular reader of the science section of the newspaper, I’m quite sure you aren’t surprised either. The thing is that with every passing minute, mankind discovers something new. Sadly, he does not know how to use the information he has, he doesn’t realize how important that single discovery is and how it could end up being a portal into a completely new planet which was once just a figment of your imagination! This article said that cows were made to listen to music to keep them happy while milking. From various sources you can find out that nanodiamonds could be used to combat osteonecrosis, the supermassive black hole at the end of our galaxy  last erupted ten million years ago, people have been tricked into thinking artificial fingers as their own and a bunch of plastic bottles filled with water cannot be used to launch a human. As of now, it is questionable, if this information will be readily available to the right person at the right time.

Science is magical. In fact, all the magic tricks magicians perform have layers of science enveloped into it. The key is either in the equipment which is scientifically designed to create illusions or the magician himself uses various phenomena to make things human beings redeem impossible, happen.

My chemistry professor keeps on reiterating the fact that everything we know is a theory. He says that whatever we study today might not be applicable tomorrow. It may be true at the moment, on this planet but what about in vacuum? Or in conditions we still haven’t been able to accomplish practically or even think about? It is all a mystery.  All we do is find a convincing explanation for whatever happens and assume it is true until it is proven wrong or someone reasons better.

At the end of the day, magic is something you positively see, but cannot explain. Day to day phenomena has been explained, but we aren’t exactly sure if it is true. (We are made to believe it is, but we don’t really know for sure.) Does that mean that it is ‘magic’ as well? In a twisted manner, is it okay if we say science is ‘explained magic’?  

Who knows what lies beyond?
[Btw, the copyrights of this awesome picture belongs
 to none other than me, myself and I.]

Kanksha :)

And the link is : http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/tech/science/2009-02-04-cow-names_N.htm