I didn't pursue a medicine or biology career, I'm a Computer Scientist. However, I have a strong interest in exploring the internals of the human being, looking at the organs from a close distance, look at an opened skull with the brain and eyes connections exposed, the lungs, hearth, the prostate and the conduits to the testicles, and so on. I know I cannot go into a lab without any permission, so I would like to know what can I do about it. Is there any place where you can go to see an human being and its elemental parts? (I already saw pigs, just in case)
2007-02-04 08:04:53 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Medicine
there is a muesum in houston and they have this thing called body worlds 3 and you can view real bodies cut open,just the muscular system still in a body form and other stuff like that.
2007-02-04 09:29:28 · answer #1 · answered by green_rox 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
From the way you phrase your question, you have not actual desire to see the proof of anything. But what the heck: 1) There is no such think as a scientific 'law' - there are hypotheses and theories. The difference is that a theory is an hypothesis that has been tested and not failed the test. Theories are always under review and being tested - if the theory fails a test, it is reworked until it can encompass the new data and if it can not encompass the new data, it is discarded. No one is searching for a missing link - the term 'missing link' is a fabrication as there is no single link from any one thing to any other thing. One of the basics of science is falsifiability - can a test be designed to determine whether or not a theory can be disproven. Every time a fossil is discovered, there is the possibility of disproving the Theory of Evolution all it would take is to find a dinosaur skeleton with an embedded stone tool or even any tool marks on it. Oddly enough , fossilized bacteria has been found. - so has a bird not being a bird. Soft bodied (ie organizms w/o a skeletong) are pretty hard to fossilize because they usually biodegrade before they can be mineralized. Science accepts no proof as absolute and/or incontrovertable so you are setting unattainable goals. What science accepts is that the preponderance of evidence indicates this is the situation. Quite often what happens in science is that a theory such as Newton's theory of gravity is not disproven but shown to be a special case of a greater theory like relativity (which, you must remember, is a theory). Quantuum theory comes along and incorporates and/adds to previous theories. Currently, String Theory is one of the most popular theories but it has been around for more than 30 years and still has not predicted anything new so - as beautiful and elegant as it is - scientists are beginning to look in a different direction for answers.
2016-05-24 05:13:54 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Rox is right. Body Worlds is an exhibition that's travelling around museums in the US and Canada.
http://www.bodyworlds.com/
2007-02-04 10:56:58 · answer #3 · answered by anywherebuttexas 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋