Stupid questions...

ronthepon · 10-25-2006

Probably the idea is that human suffering is something temporary and not a big deal years after it is felt.

The punishment is death, and death alone, and not pain, suffering or torture.

But forget it, it's discussion is not the meat of this particular thread.

hallenrm · 10-25-2006

Here's yet another stupid question:

In human body heart is at right side only, why not on the left side?

Any answers!!

Monomer · 10-25-2006

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Originally Posted by hallenrm

Here's yet another stupid question:

In human body heart is at right side only, why not on the left side?

Any answers!!

Well, it's actually just left of the middle.

hallenrm · 10-26-2006

Well, the why is it not right of the middle?

InfiniteNow · 10-26-2006

If a person walks into a tree in the forest, but nobody is around to laugh, is it still funny?

Maybe better suited for the Asian Philosophy thread...

Boerseun · 10-26-2006

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Originally Posted by InfiniteNow

If a person walks into a tree in the forest, but nobody is around to laugh, is it still funny?

If a tree falls in a forest and kills a mime, would anybody care?

Turtle · 10-26-2006

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Originally Posted by Boerseun

If a tree falls in a forest and kills a mime, would anybody care?

If the body is no more than half way into the forest, then at least a mortician cares. Imagine the suffering of that poor tree though!

PS The heart is centered under the sternum and only appears to be on the left because the left ventricle is the largest and makes the biggest part of the lub-dubbing. More or less.

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Originally Posted by wicky

In the human body, the heart is normally situated slightly to the left of the middle of the thorax, underneath the sternum (breastbone) see diagrams. The heart is usually felt to be on the left side because the left heart (left ventricle) is stronger (it pumps to all body parts). The left lung is smaller than the right lung because the heart occupies more of the left hemithorax.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heart
How much is a slightly? More or less?

Boerseun · 10-26-2006

Also, because the heart is a single organ, there's no need for symmetry. Sorta like the liver, but the liver's off-centredness is never frowned upon. Or the stomach, for that matter. The kidneys are symmetrical, because there's two of them. I guess the liver, the heart, and all the other bits and pieces sit where they sit because that's the most efficient spacing method to get a coupla pounds of steamy, writhing slimy entrails into a hole not much bigger than a shopping bag. And the bits and pieces have found their spots over millions of years, and there we are! Coupla bits slightly off-centered, but hey - that still beats the first few attempts where the anus was situated between the eyes, slightly to the left. That gave rise to a whole vocabulary of insults, the last humans to evolve away from that configuration was deemed the slowest, mentally wise. Terms like "shitface" and such survive to this day from an evolutionary oddity, millions of years ago.