Hyper-Cerebral Electrosis

Arcon

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! :-)
That's pretty darn gross!

They continue
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?

Monique

Hi Arcon, ever heard of urban legends? :)
Check the so called news source: http://www.weeklyworldnews.com/

Arcon

This makes more sense than someone's head actually exploding. It was the source of that link that confused me. However I found this quoted at many university web sites. While the source is a tabloid it does not mean that the story is fake.

The question becomes - is there a more accurate source for this claim?

Thanks

Arcon

Monique

[:D] I was also surprised to find out what kind of website weeklyworldnews REALLY is :)

Another God

I posted a thread on this just recently. If I wasn't so lazy I would go find that thread and link to it.

ThunderPants

That's why I don't play chess

Ryan_m_b

Welcome to PF ThunderPants, I think you may win the award for necroposting. If you check the dates next to people's names you will see that no one has commented here for 7 years!