True or False

Why do we have fingerprints? I remember being taught that it was to improve our grip. It made sense, and it still does. It’s difficult to find any reasons to attempt to disprove that, when we all have the preconception that it is undoubtedly true.

But is it?

Apparently not.

Which brings me to this point – how true are the things we thought were true?

Complacency happens, it’s just human nature. Wonderful things in life, things the more unfortunate people can only dream for, gets taken for granted. And when we do, we fail to question. Just because people tell us – it’s like that – doesn’t make it any truer than we telling ourselves – it’s not like that.

It’s not about science. Not everything can be proved or disproved through science. But what is certain is that when we do not question, truth is nothing more than prejudice. People have their own version of believes, people have their own justifications, people have their own truths.

Nobody is to blame, because nobody is at fault. Like how beauty is in the eye of the beholder, truths can be imprinted into one’s mind by one’s believes, and believes are never as simple as right or wrong.

Question - we may or may not find an answer which is not the same as what we want to believe. We may or not find the absolute truth. If there’s even such a thing.

But, question.

Sometimes, we do something in order to find out the reason for it. Our actions are questions, not answers. There are two sides to every question. And to every answer you find, begets two more questions.

Start questioning.

Best. Ever.

I’m a big fan of LOLcats. They’re strangely entertaining, even with the sometimes incomprehensible LOLspeak for punchlines. But this picture - is not LOLcat material. No funny expressions. No strange postures. No humour.

Only pure adoration.

Glimmer

It is quite heartening to read such news. There is still hope for humanity.

A woman from China woke up after being in coma for 30 years and doctors consider that the miracle happened because her husband continuously took good care of her, showing that he still loves her.

The woman fell in coma thirty years ago after an accident that occurred in E’zhou in Hubei province, said Beijing officials. According to China Daily report, after doctors performed two operations on Zhao Guihua, the woman’s husband, Chen Dulin, decided to take care of her till the end.

Suddenly one day the woman woke up. The doctors analyzed her blood pressure along with her heart and lungs and reported that everything was stable.

Today Chen is 77 and in his province he was selected one of the model husbands. Till now he continues taking good care of his wife, talking with her and showing that he still loves her like he did all these years, before the tragedy and while she was “asleep.”

Source: http://www.infoniac.com/offbeat-news/husbands-love-woke-his-wife-from-30-year-coma.html

Pinocchio Paradox

This is a good one. How do you solve this?

Chinese New Year

On a lively Chinese New Year morning, my whole family was gathered at the dining hall having our customary noodles for breakfast. Then, the following conversation ensued:

Mum: I saw the maid sweeping the floor, I told her need to ask ah ma before sweeping the floor.

Grandma: Oh, I told her to sweep the floor. It’s not clean outside there.

Grandpa: Sweep? Cannot! Must mop! Sweep not clean enough!

I snickered and continued my breakfast.

Happy Chinese New Year.