Zachriel
Posts: 2723
Joined: Sep. 2006
|
| Quote (Amadan @ Aug. 25 2010,07:01) | I'd like to take this opportunity to clear up confusion about the varieties of CSI. It's really not that hard (if you cook it right):
Ed: Spelling |
| Quote | | Amadan: VermicellSCI (now why would anyone name something to do with ID after worms??? |
Which brings up some rather peculiar coincidences and how they affect the human imagination. First, Erasmus Darwin's work with vorticella and other microorganisms.
| Quote | | Erasmus Darwin: Thus the vorticella or wheel animal, which is found in rain water that has stood some days in leaden gutters . . .though it discovers no sign of life except when in the water, yet it is capable of continuing alive for many months though kept in a dry state ... in paste composed of flour and water, which has been suffered to become acescent [sour], the animalcules called eels, vibrio anguillula, are seen in great abundance; their motions are rapid and strong ... even the organic particles of dead animals may, when exposed to a due degree of warmth and moisture, regain some degree of vitality. |
Paste, flour and water, yum; which is misremembered by Lord Byron and Percy Shelley as vermicelli, which led to 'deep conversations' to which Mary Shelley was a silent listener.
Meanwhile, across the world, Mount Tambora was erupting as a super-colossal event, spewing immense amounts of volcanic dust into the atmosphere. This led to dramatic global cooling, called the Year Without a Summer. It also resulted in some rather nice sunsets.
The "wet, ungenial summer" forced Mary Shelley, John Polidori, Lord Byron and friends to stay indoors, where they told ghost stories. Remembering about bringing the the vermicelli to life, Mary Shelley came up with Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus. Polidori wrote The Vampyre, whose main character was based on Byron. As everyone knows, Frankenstein and The Vamypre explored the limits of reason and passion, and spawned a multitude of B-movies.
This was the inspiration for VermicellCSI. So, that's how a fundamental concept in ID was named after worms, er, noodles.
Edited by Lou FCD on Aug. 26 2010,04:03
--------------
You never step on the same tard twice—for it's not the same tard and you're not the same person.
|
