Wednesday, June 23, 2010

[Idea] 보약에 대한 짧은 생각

몇일 전에 아내가 피로 회복에 좋다며 홍삼정을 권했다.
평소 약을 별로 좋아하지 않는 나였기에 그냥 가벼운 웃음으로 거절을 대신했다.
아내는 계속 말을 이었다.
해윤(아들)이도 홍삼정을 먹고나서 피곤함을 못느낀다고 했다고 한다.
그와중에 갑자기 내 마음에 한가지 궁금한 점이 생겼다.

사람이 피곤하다는 것은 육체적, 정신적으로 평상시보다 많이 약해졌다는 것으로 피곤함을 이길 수 있는 방법은 쉬면서 충분한 수면을 취하고 평소에 먹던 음식을 보충하는 것이 가장 좋은 방법인 것 같다.
그런데 홍삼정(아니면 이와 비슷한 효과가 있다고 알려진 유사 약품들)을 먹으면 쉬지도 않았는데 피곤함을 못 느낀다는 것이 좀 이상하게 느껴졌다.

홍삼정의 복용으로 피곤함이 없어졌다는 것이 정말 육체적으로 정신적으로 회복됨을 느끼게 되는 것인지...
혹시 육체적으로 피곤함이 쌓이고 있는데 홍삼정으로 우리가 못느끼는 것은 아닌지...

다행히 "위약" 효과가 나타나는 것이라면 나의 걱정은 기우로 끝날 수도 있겠지만...


Friday, June 11, 2010

[Words] by Kurt Wise (from God Delusion)

try as I might, and even with the benefit of intact margins throughout the pages of Scripture, I found it impossible to pick up the Bible without it being rent in two. I had to make a decision between evolution and Scripture. Either the Scripture was true and evolution was wrong or evolution was true and I must toss out the Bible... It was there that might I accepted the Word of God and rejected all that would ever counter it, including evolution. With that, in great sorrow, I tossed into the fire all my dreams and hopes in science.

[Words] by George Carlin (from God Delusion)

Religion has actually convinced people that there's an invisible man - living in the sky - who watches everything you do, every minute of every day. And the invisible man has a special list of ten things, he does not want you to do. And if you do any of these ten things, he has a special place, full of fire and smoke and burning and torture and anguish, where he will send you to live and suffer and burn and choke and scream and cry forever and ever 'til the end of time....But He loves you!

[Words] by Seneca the Younger (from God Delusion)

Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful.

[Words] by Napoleon (from God Delusion)

Religion is excellent stuff for keeping common people quiet.

Tuesday, June 08, 2010

[Words] by Blaise Pascal (from God Delusion)

Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from religious conviction.

[Words] by Steven Weinberg (from God Delusion)

Religion is an insult to human dignity. With or without it, you'd have good people doing good things and evil people doing evil things. But for good people to do good things, it takes religion.