Tuesday, September 16, 2008

Socha Nahi to Socho Abhi .. Hmm, okay.

I remember a time when I enjoyed this song. Now I am positively bugged by it. I am tired of being asked to think. One of my multiple personalties, some chap who fancies his science knowledge, has kicked in. Thanks in advance to my teachers in high school. And my trusted friends - Google and Wikipedia - who helped in moments of extreme doubt.

Aasma Hai Neela Kyun, Paani Geela Geela Kyun Gol Kyun Hai Zameen

Easy. As light moves through the atmosphere, much of the shorter wavelength light, mainly the B in VIBGYOR, is absorbed by gas molecules in the atmosphere. The absorbed blue light gets radiated in different directions and gets scattered all around the sky.

Easy. By definition wet is to be liquid or be covered in liquid. Water is a liquid. Therefore, water is wet.

Easy. Earth is round due to gravity. Gravity ensures that earth retains a shape that is most optimal way for packing in mass - a sphere

Silk Mein Hai Narmi Kyun Aag Mein Hai Garmi Kyun, Do Aur Do Paanch Kyun Nahi

Tricky. The softness of silk is mostly due to the fact that they are strands of natural protein fiber. It has a smooth, soft texture which synthetic fibers lack. It is conceivable that silk woven from a spider also would be smooth but may lack the lustre from the silk woven from a mulberry silkworm.

Easy. Where there is fire, there is combustion - the main reactants being fuel and oxygen. The energy required to break down the chemical bonds in the reactants is less than the energy released during the reaction.This extra energy shows up as heat.

Fallacy Alert!
From school, 2+2=4 ..... (A)
Now, take two variables a and b
Assume a=b=1 .... (B)
a*a=b*a (* indicates multiplication)
a*b - a*a = b*a - a*a
a*(b-a) = (a+b)*(b-a)
Dividing both sides by (b-a)
a=a+b
Therefore, a=1+1=2 ..... (C)
4= 3+1 = 3+a (From B) .... (D)
5 = 3+2 = 3+a (From C) .... (E)
From D and E, 4 = 3+a = 5 => 4 = 5
From A, 2+2=4
Therefore 2+2=5

Pedd Ho Gaye Kum Kyun, Teen Hain Ye Mausam Kyun Chaand Do Kyun Nahi

Easy. Because of deforestation. Elementary. Reasons for that are also pretty elementary.

Easy. The number of 'different' seasons a region experiences are due to two reasons - one is due to the positon of the earth relative to the sun as it orbits around it and two is the position of the region on the earth. Thanks to where India is on the globe, we see three differentiated seasons.

Easy. The moon is a natural satellite of the earth. The earth probably doesnt have enough mass to support two satellites through its gravitational pull. Another moon would probably knock earth off its current orbit around the sun. There are bigger planets such as Jupiter that have multiple moons (satellites)

Duniya Mein Hai Jung Kyun Behta Laal Rang Kyun, Sarhaden Hain Kyun Har Kahin

Wars have been fought over issues such as land, religion, women, insults et al.

Amateur Philosopher alert!
Wars inevitably lead to blood shed.

Easy. Borders and boundaries are theoretically needed to define the territorial reach of any nation. Within a nation, boundaries may be defined to ease administration and to satisfy the need of the population to be classified on the basis of parameters such as language, ethnicity etc.

Socha Hai... Yeh Tumne Kya Kabhi
Socha Hai... Ki Hain Yeh Kya Sabhi
Socha Hai... Socha Nahi To Socho Abhi...

Actually, I have

Behti Kyun Hai Har Nadi, Hoti Kya Hai Roshni Barf Girti Hai Kyun

Easy. All bodies tend to move towards a state of equilibrium. Rivers, with enough water in them, tend to keep flowing downhill typically terminating in a sea or in a lake, through a confluence. As an addendum, rivers can stop flowing due to evaporation in arid areas. And sometimes they infiltrate the soil ending up as groundwater.

Easy. Light is part of the electromagnetic spectrum - this ranges from radio waves to gamma rays. Visible light is similar to other parts of the electromagnetic spectrum. In this case though, the human eye can detect visible waves.

Tricky. Ice crystals in cold clouds grow when they pick up water vapour from the supercooled water droplets in clouds. Heavy snowflakes formed when these ice crystals stick together fall to the ground. If the temperature on the ground is below freezing, it results in snow

Dost Kyun Hain Roothte Taare Kyun Hain Toot The, Baadlon Mein Bijli Hai Kyun

Amateur Psychologist Alert!
Friendship, like any other relationship, is based on trust and understanding. Whenever any of the people involved feel that these core values have been violated, there could be a strain in the friendship. Phew!

Easy. A shooting star is the common name for the visible path of a meteoroid as it enters the atmosphere. The meteoroid tends to burn away due to the massive force of friction it encounters as it enters the atmosphere.

Tricky. Lightning is an atmospheric discharge of electricity. Ice inside a cloud is thought to be a key element in lightning development. It could cause a forcible separation of positive and negative charges within the cloud which leads to the formation of lightning

Socha Hai... Yeh Tumne Kya Kabhi
Socha Hai... Ki Hain Yeh Kya Sabhi
Socha Hai... Socha Nahi To Socho Abhi...

Been there. Done that.

Sannata Sunai Nahin Deta, Aur Hawayen Dikhayi Nahin Deti
Socha Hai Kya Kabhi, Hota Hai Yeh Kyun............

Easy. By definition, you would not hear silence in any form

Tricky. The wind that we all feel is air in motion. Air has the property of being transparent to light and also that it is homogeneous. As a result, changes in wind do not register in our senses. To truly watch wind, you could trying going high in the atmosphere. Due to changing wind pattersn over a wide area, it should be possible to see wind move.

Aasma Hai Neela Kyun, Paani Geela Geela Kyun Gol Kyun Hai Zameen
Silk Mein Hai Narmi Kyun Aag Mein Hai Garmi Kyun, Do Aur Do Paanch Kyun Nahi
Pedd Ho Gaye Kum Kyun, Teen Hain Ye Mausam Kyun Chaand Do Kyun Nahi

Duniya Mein Hai Jung Kyun Behta Laal Rang Kyun, Sarhaden Hain Kyun Har Kahin
Socha Hai... Yeh Tumne Kya Kabhi
Socha Hai... Ki Hain Yeh Kya Sabhi
Socha Nahi To Socho Abhi...

Haan .. socha hai!

25 comments:

Anonymous said...

That's it, I forgot my math! :)

Vee said...

U have lot of patience I bet!!! A lot!!!

Avionic Spanker said...

mirrorcracked - I think I did too :)

oxy - Also a lot of time, don't forget that :)

couchpapaya said...

am speechless! was the weekend that uneventful ?!! :)

Che said...

damn a lot of thought must have gone in to this blog.

WV : ifuszv

Avionic Spanker said...

couchpapaya - weekend plus one more day to verify the doubts :)

che - lot of time also .. time that could have been better spent sleeping

AV said...

gosh u seem to be way more jobless than me!! lol. :) its ok.. i forgive u! :)

http://apensievetoofull.blogspot.com/2008/09/socha-hai-haan-yeh-kabhi-kabhi.html

Mama - Mia said...

:D

are people like you called "thinkers"... literally!! :p

brilliant post!! had such a laugh! skipped the math ,part kyon ki school mein bhi dhyaan nahi diya toh yahan kya kasht lena!!

i know one thing you cannot consult for.... lyrics!! :p

cheers!

abha

Avionic Spanker said...

av - saw ur post .. just a lil more jobless I guess :)

mama-mia - The song is full of questions .. I just wanted to answer them :)

Smita said...

*gulp*

You made me soching...err thinking....

:D

WhatsInAName said...

oops! I never thought all these.. I was too busy thinking

Farhan itna hunky kyon
Ghar wo uska trendy kyon
mere pass ye ghar kyon nahi?

Arjun itna handsome kyon
Purab itna dashing kyon
Prachi moti kyon nahi?

Socha Hai... Yeh Tumne Kya Kabhi
Socha Hai... Ki Hain Yeh Kya Sabhi
Socha Hai... Socha Nahi To Socho Abhi...

Avionic Spanker said...

smita - Glad to be of help

whatsinaname - I am not even gonna try answering those :)

Anonymous said...

Something tells me some people weren't paying attention in their science classes in school.

Avionic Spanker said...

I hope u mean the guy who wrote this song :D or did u mean me? :(

Anonymous said...

The lyricist who had to ask all these dumb questions, of course.

Avionic Spanker said...

Of course. The least they could have done is have the answers also within the song.

Anonymous said...

If they had the answers within the song, you would have one post fewer. No? :-)

mystiquedew said...

Dang! I din even get the questions ...leave alone the answers :)

Avionic Spanker said...

shefaly - yeah, thats true, too .. I think I'll revert to type and resume writing meaningless junk

mystiquedew - Did you even read it fully? :)

Mama - Mia said...

while i am sure you dont believe in award shawards, theres one for ya 'coz i like your blog so!! :)

cheers!

abha

Anonymous said...

ha...ha...ha... that was good! but 2+2=5? Kuchh hazam nahi hua!! :P

Sakhi said...

@ whatsinaname

Farhan itna hunky kyon
Ghar wo uska trendy kyon
mere pass ye ghar kyon nahi?

Arjun itna handsome kyon
Purab itna dashing kyon
Prachi moti kyon nahi?

Socha Hai... Yeh Tumne Kya Kabhi
Socha Hai... Ki Hain Yeh Kya Sabhi
Socha Hai... Socha Nahi To Socho Abhi...

That was awesome!! :D :D

vimmuuu said...

Woah! Why do you hate a song so much ??? LOL.

Gr8 post. similar to the one written by AV. Jobless is the IN thing these days!!! See ya around and Im blog rolling you without your permission!!!

Anonymous said...

//
eq.1: a*b - a*a = b*a - a*a
eq.2: a*(b-a) = (a+b)*(b-a)
//

b*a - a*a = ba - aa (or) ab-aa (or) ab-a²

(a+b)*(b-a) = b²-a² (or) bb-aa (or) -aa+bb

How did you come to eq.2 from eq.1?

Anonymous said...

Oh well .. someone actually read the equations :)

Thanks for pointing out the error in algebra. My bad. Heres the correction

Let a=b=1
We have, a=b
Therefore, a*a=a*b
a*a-b*b=a*b-b*b
(a+b)*(a-b)=b*(a-b)
b=a+b
Therefore, b=1+1 .. and so on