Saturday, February 14, 2009

Remember bio-rhythms?

Remember all the buzz about bio-rhythms back in the 1980s? These were charts based on date and time of birth, and three continuous waves indicated what kind of day or mood you might be likely to experience on a given day. The three waves represented psychological, emotional and intellectual well-being, according information posted to Wikipedia.

I had one of the little blue wheels and could check first thing in the morning whether a "critical" day was ahead.

Were bio-rhythms useful?

In Japan the bio-rhythms of train engineers were checked every day. When an engineer was having a "critical day", he got the day off and was sent home. No one wanted a head-on train wreck that day!

Maybe bio-rhythms of police officers and firefighters should be checked each day. Wouldn't it be interesting to know what the bio-rhythms were of the officers involved in the Rodney King incident were? Or the shooting in New York City, where cops pumped about 50 rounds into an unarmed man on a doorstep?

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