2007-01-07 18:27:03 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Environment
Dihydrogen monoxide (DHMO) is an obscure name for water, used in hoaxes that illustrate how ignorance of science and one-sided analysis can lead to misplaced fears.
The hoax involves listing strictly negative effects of water, such as erosion or death by drowning, attributing them to "dihydrogen monoxide", and then asking individuals to help control the seemingly dangerous substance. It was apparently created by Eric Lechner, Lars Norpchen and Matthew Kaufman (housemates while attending UC Santa Cruz in 1989), revised by Craig Jackson in 1994, and brought to widespread public attention in 1997, when Nathan Zohner, a 14-year-old student, gathered petitions to ban "DHMO" as the basis of his science project, titled "How Gullible Are We?"
2007-01-07 18:35:27 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Dihydrogen monoxide (DHMO) is an obscure name for water, used in hoaxes that illustrate how ignorance of science and one-sided analysis can lead to misplaced fears.
The hoax involves listing strictly negative effects of water, such as erosion or death by drowning, attributing them to "dihydrogen monoxide", and then asking individuals to help control the seemingly dangerous substance. It was apparently created by Eric Lechner, Lars Norpchen and Matthew Kaufman (housemates while attending UC Santa Cruz in 1989), revised by Craig Jackson in 1994, and brought to widespread public attention in 1997, when Nathan Zohner, a 14-year-old student, gathered petitions to ban "DHMO" as the basis of his science project, titled "How Gullible Are We?"[1]
2007-01-08 02:34:59 · answer #2 · answered by Roland T. Fackfizer 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It's someone trying to showoff how smart he/she is even though he/she isn't any smarter than you are. dihydrogen monoxide = H2O = Water, water, water, water, water, water, water
2007-01-08 02:30:24 · answer #3 · answered by Cynthia T 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
di = 2
mono = 1
dihydrohen monoxyde = 2 hydrogen and 1 oxigen
=H2O = water
2007-01-08 02:36:08 · answer #4 · answered by BryanB 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Fancy word for water, H2O
2007-01-08 02:28:14 · answer #5 · answered by ignoramus 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Is it a normal question or puzzle to solve? The answer being Water.
2007-01-08 02:36:29 · answer #6 · answered by Rajat D 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That would be water.
2 Hydrogen, one Oxygen. H2O.
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Incidentally, I find it interesting that someone with a firefighter as a profile image would be asking about water. :D
2007-01-08 02:28:35 · answer #7 · answered by P.I. Joe 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
water
2007-01-08 02:50:12 · answer #8 · answered by Chris H 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
H20. Another meaning.
2007-01-08 02:29:03 · answer #9 · answered by Az 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
water.
2007-01-08 03:13:07 · answer #10 · answered by jaygee 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋