Friday, November 07, 2008

Dr. Jin, Scientist woman

I am a strong believer in proven the unproven; finding the hidden truth; uncovering the covered. For example, in the past, I performed an experiment called "Uncontrollable Floppy Neck" where I tested my hypothesis that muscles will spontaneously contract when they expect pain or injury. Of course, because I do not believe in animal testing, I did the experiment on myself. Basically, I sat in the passenger seat of a car while it was moving, and I held the "oh s**t" handle and let my head hang down. When the car turned, I TRIED not to make any move to save my head from smashing into the window, but my hypothesis was confirmed when I tensed up a little bit and instead of banging my head hard, I only banged it a little. So, clearly, I have a solid background as a scientist.

And that brings us to my most recent experiment. This one did involve animals, namely Raisin and Eden. I wanted to test which food they liked better: salami or peanut butter. So, I took them one by one into the kitchen, and let them sniff a piece of salami and a spoonful of peanut butter. Then, I made them sit and wait, and I laid the salami on one side of them, and put the peanut butter on the other. Then, I released them, and watched which food they ate first. They both chose the salami, but of course, finished with a dessert of peanut butter. So, while animals WERE used in this test, none were harmed (unless you count any indigestion that I was unaware of.)

Since my readers all now know that I am a verifiable scientist, I would welcome suggestions for my future experiments.

1 comment:

Emily said...

I'm thinking... see if caffine effects Izzy or the dogs faster...