| I am nothing if not inquisitive. Ask any person who | | | | beautiful’ will that be taken as a complement? |
| knows me well. I always ask question. Even when I | | | | · Will computers (robot) do pretty much |
| don’t know what I am asking. One question I | | | | everything from cleaning to driving etc one day? This |
| always feel curious about can be described as | | | | raises an interesting question. What happens when a |
| follows... | | | | Robot driving a car crashes? By ‘crash’ I |
| We all know our earth is three fourth water and only | | | | mean the computer inside the Robot crashes. This |
| one fourth land. I sometimes wonder what would have | | | | would most likely result in a car crash. I wonder who |
| happened if it was the opposite? Would then all | | | | will be deemed guilty in that case. Oh officer, this crash |
| countries be joined together? Of course, there will be | | | | was completely not at fault, it is a result of another |
| lot more countries. But they all will be connected by | | | | crash. |
| land? There may be bus service between Sri Lanka | | | | · I have always wondered when a zero is |
| and Canada. It would take a quite long, but the service | | | | added to zero why is always zero. I think the answer |
| will be there for people to use. This would also raise | | | | may be in spelling. Imagine the way we spell zero, if |
| the issue: will there have been lot of harmony among | | | | we add more o’s to it , it still sounds zero albeit |
| people? About this, I cannot be sure. There will be lot | | | | slightly elongated – ZEROOOOOOOOO! |
| more fighting too. But thing is for sure people will know | | | | At this point, one may wonder where I am going with |
| more people. | | | | the article. Isn’t there anything serious I can talk |
| If you think this was quite silly, I also have questions | | | | about? It is true that there are no serious questions in |
| about real life situations. Here is one question to ponder | | | | my world? Not at all! Since childhood, men ask |
| and I think there is something to it. It is about my city of | | | | questions: why is sky blue, why do we have day and |
| Kolkata, India or any other cities in India. I sometime | | | | night, how are babies born. Why, why, why? As she or |
| wonder is there any need for automobiles in a city like | | | | she grows older, he/she asks bigger and better |
| Kolkata. Wouldn’t it be much nicer to have | | | | questions (at least so we think). For example, Isaac |
| people walk or ride bicycles to their work or any other | | | | Newton asked why the apple fell on his head? In fact, |
| places where they want to be? Imagine how much | | | | the fall of this legendary apple led him to deduce that |
| pollution can be reduced and how much money could | | | | gravitation (a force between objects) exists, and leads |
| be saved? Not to mention the physical discomfort and | | | | us to deduce that Newton had an orchard! However, |
| possibility of hurting or even dying in accidents. Granted, | | | | Newton could not explain why this force gravitation |
| people will loose some time by using this mode of | | | | exists, and we cannot explain if there were other |
| transportation. But what good is saving a few hours | | | | trees in his orchard, such as pear, orange or almond! |
| time in your life when the pollution and other hazards | | | | Then Einstein explained the gravitational force with his |
| are taking away years? | | | | theory of space-time curvature. If I go on here, it will |
| Now one might say this was too practical for an article | | | | very soon take this article beyond the scope of a |
| of this nature. Well I think about other questions too | | | | layperson. But you wanted some serious, so |
| which have been asked from time immemorial. Some | | | | I gave you some serious! Take it or leave it! Let me |
| of them are (with my annotation): | | | | finish bymentioning some of the questions vexing |
| · Who came first, chicken or the egg, although | | | | human minds today: |
| both seem quite tasty. | | | | · How did the universe begin and how will it all |
| · Why did the dinosaurs go extinct? Well we | | | | end? |
| may be curious to know this but aren’t we | | | | · How did life originate in earth? |
| happy they are gone. If they were roaming on the | | | | · What are the basic constituents of matter? |
| face of this earth, wouldn’t we, the humans, be | | | | · Are there intelligent beings anywhere in the |
| extinct by now? | | | | universe? |
| · Can an asteroid or some big foreign objects | | | | · Is there a parallel universe? |
| hit our earth one day? This is quite possible. Then | | | | · Put your own question. |
| should we not build alternative places to live such as | | | | Needless to say I cannot answer any of these |
| underground cities? | | | | questions, just as I cannot explain why you just |
| · What makes some women beautiful? This is | | | | wasted an hour in reading this article. |
| a worthwhile question to ask, although I think makeup | | | | If you like this article please send me a feedback to . |
| plays an important role. I am curious to think that if I | | | | If you would like, you can also visit my home page [ |
| say to some woman ‘Your make up is | | | | Copyright © 2003 Gautam Dev. |