Arcon
Jan13-04, 05:01 AM
This is pretty bizzare.
Hyper-Cerebral Electrosis
http://aether.lbl.gov/www/classes/p139/explode.html
It seems that a chess champion's head actually exploded when he thought too hard for too long! :-)
He was deep in concentration with his eyes focused on the board," says Titiov's opponent, Vladimir Dobrynin. "All of a sudden his hands flew to his temples and he screamed in pain. Everyone looked up from their games, startled by the noise. Then, as if someone had put a bomb in his cranium, his head popped like a firecracker."
That's pretty darn gross!
They continue
The explosions happen during periods of intense mental activity when lots of current is surging through the brain. Victims are highly intelligent people with great powers of concentration.
Moral of the story - Don't think too hard or you head might explode. :-)
What I don't get is how the pressure could build to such an extent that the head explodes? Is blood being pumed to the brain so much by the heart that the skull cracks and explodes?
Hyper-Cerebral Electrosis
http://aether.lbl.gov/www/classes/p139/explode.html
It seems that a chess champion's head actually exploded when he thought too hard for too long! :-)
He was deep in concentration with his eyes focused on the board," says Titiov's opponent, Vladimir Dobrynin. "All of a sudden his hands flew to his temples and he screamed in pain. Everyone looked up from their games, startled by the noise. Then, as if someone had put a bomb in his cranium, his head popped like a firecracker."
That's pretty darn gross!
They continue
The explosions happen during periods of intense mental activity when lots of current is surging through the brain. Victims are highly intelligent people with great powers of concentration.
Moral of the story - Don't think too hard or you head might explode. :-)
What I don't get is how the pressure could build to such an extent that the head explodes? Is blood being pumed to the brain so much by the heart that the skull cracks and explodes?