Friday 25 July 2014

A Heap of Chemicals


While getting ready for a Haz-Mat drill later this fall I spent a few minutes the other night researching information on the Periodic Table of Elements.  I watched a number of videos.  Some were interesting and others were not so interesting.  One did catch my eye and here is why:  A human being is just a heap of chemicals!  The list was interesting, carbon, phosphorus and, of course, oxygen and hydrogen because we are a lot of water!  So I got to thinking - what would happen if you were able to get together in one place all the chemicals and compounds that make up a human being?  Would a human appear after some time?  Would you need to mix or blend?  Clearly there is something about people that sets them apart from the heap of chemicals of which their body is made.  Isn't this the human conundrum?  Why are we here?  How did we get here?  Why is the universe the way it is?  Chemicals are one thing... people are another.  Just sayin'

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