Mad Scientists Club

Science is an empirical method applied to collecting and measuring information about reality. Information collected is called data and is used to provide interpretations about observations. In many cases the data is biased by the observer making the interpretation inexact. Mad Science is about reality and how we use subjective facts and terms to explain it. Our hope is to look at information from many perspectives so as to determine its Truth, understanding that Truth is also a subjective term.

Monday, February 21, 2005

Insanity

Where did the term "mad hatter" come from?
Hatters used to use mercury in hatmaking and in the process the hatters were poisoned. The behavior of these poisoned hatters led to their being called mad, hence the term mad hatters. Luckily, once this discovery was made, mercury stopped being used in the hat making process. Of course, by this time mercury was abound in the environment and even today many types of marine animals can not be eaten because they have high mercury levels. Just think of all the chemicals and biological agents used today and the only reason many are still used is because people have not gone crazy or dropped dead. Or have they!

posted by Madhatter @ 8:37 PM  

2 Comments:

  • At 8:56 PM, Blogger Alcuin Bramerton said…

    A traditional Norfolk koan may assist:


    Yoghurt Shelves

    A man in a grey suit is standing by the yoghurt shelves in a supermarket in Cornwall.
    He is looking for morphine suppositories.
    This man is not the promised messiah.


    More may be encountered:
    http://alcuinbramerton.blogspot.com/2004/11/traditional-norfolk-koans.html

     

  • At 8:26 AM, Blogger Madhatter said…

    Insanity is a view of reality from an obscure angle. He may not be the messiah, but he could be a messanger with a lesson to teach.
    Or! Maybe just maybe, he just doesn't get enough fiber in his diet and has a hard time going to the bathroom.

     

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