Human brain cannot multitask
Yes, too be sure.
Your uncle Jo may claim otherwise, but it is one thing at a time.
Want a proof? Look what happens when a driver indulges in sweet nothings over his mobile phone and you hold your heart in your sleeve and escape unhurt by the breadth of your hair.
Yessir. Humans aren’t as multi-functional as they would like to believe. I wish the eminent neuroscientist Dr. Vilayanur S.Ramachandran bears me out on this!
I read somewhere that laws that allow hands-free use of cell phones while driving will increase accidents.
Here is a first hand account (source forgotten):
Terror because this law will do nothing to curb the abuse of talking on the phone while driving, the main culprit behind accidents involving cell phone use in cars, and will in fact encourage fools to keep on talking while driving with the results like the one I witnessed this week on the one way street.
According to Dr. Marcel Just, at the time co-director for the Center for Cognitive Brain Imaging in the psychology department at Carnegie Mellon University, in Pittsburgh and his team said that when the brain is asked to divide its time between two high-level tasks, it gives each task less attention than if it had to do the tasks one at a time, according to Just.
There are now enough distractions to the person on the wheels - phone, children, pets, TVs, GPSs, radios, etc.
But listening to the radio or talking to passengers in the car is found to be not as hazardous as talking on a cell phone while driving. When you use a cell phone to talk to someone, you make a mental image of that person, such that in your mind they are in the car with you. Hence your brain cells are preoccupied with that mental imagery. And that puts even more mental load and focus on the conversation than on driving. Your mind is in effect absent on the road. But you are not so preoccupied while listening to a radio or talking to a person actually in the car.
Want to talk and continue to breathe? Pull over. Period.
Do not drink and drive. Ok. But do not think and drive either. It is more dangerous.
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Bachelors beware!
The following are the points for consideration by prospective bridegrooms before taking a plunge in a wedlock with a girl, who is likely to cause enormous misery to you, your parents and sisters!
Use your grey matter. Stop to think. don’t rush your “aye”. Marriage is a game more of intelligence than of emotions.
- If the girl’s father is hen-pecked (that is, has no say in her family and/ or bears little or no relation with his own parents),
If you see rule no 1 on your marriage, simply walk out of the mandap. no second thoughts.never marry the girl.
- Always have a gap of 5-6 months between the day you meet her first and the day of your engagement. Meet her atleast 10 times before taking a plunge.
- The girl’s family values play much more significant role than her education level.
- If the girls’ parents insist for an early marriage, rest assured there is some problem.
- Never marry in hurry, Just because you have been searching for partner for past 3-4 years should not become a cause for concern. It’s better late than suffer from anti-dowry law (498A).
- If during background check, somebody pointed out something negative about the girl, take it seriously. Remember, people normally don’t point out trivial deficiencies.
- Dont trust girl’s or your relatives blindly, no matter how close they are. Do your own background check.
- She is toxic if she
- has invited very few relatives on her marriage
- has excessively enquired about your financial status and spendings
- gave you an indication that she may not want to live with your parents
- is excessively attached with her family but do not show an equivalent degree of attachment with your parents
- Last and very important, always trust the instinct of your parents. They are seasoned and see much more than you can. Even small details seen by your old parents, which may seem very trivial to you, can be very important.
Important:
If rule no 1 is found true, simply walk out of the marriage hall. Don’t tarry! No second thoughts.
Section 498a Protest Day at Delhi
Victims of misuse of IPC Sec. 498a had gathered at Janthar Manthar, New Delhi to protest against the misuse of that law as well as the Domestic Violence Act against innocent women, old folks, children and husbands, on 26th Aug. 2007.
Here is a video depicting the event. More news can be had from this website.
YouTube - Watch - Victims of 498a
Murphy’s Law proved!
Hover the mouse pointer on the right side of the bigger picture that comes on when you click the small image. You will find the right arrow. Click on it to go to the next picture (bigger one) in the sequence.
Click the continue link below to view the wonderful pictures!
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Seven-yr-old faces dowry charges
A seven-year-old has been charged in a dowry case in Bihar.
Santosh, a class four student has paid the price for a crime he did not commit.
”They framed me in a dowry case. I study in class 4. Police came to my house and asked for money. They threatened to send me to Munger otherwise,” he said.
Santosh was named in a dowry harassment case last year along with his parents and his elder brother.
Strange are the ways of police in India!
Read the full story from the NDTV web site.
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