Physics

[lissalysikan]

A friend and I were joking about people's tendency to panic at the mention of 'radiation' and I said I should probably assign Baby the task of describing 'dangerous' radiation. It seems that it isn't so simple a task as we thought. Her overall impression seems to be people worry too much about it but there are some things to avoid.

"Dpens on wish kine ub danjrous iz talkin boud. Deres balogigal dangers wif mose kines ub raydayshin ifs goss nuff. Readin a papers dough seems peoples iz gessin dad iz geddin more raydayshin fum power plans en boms den ackshally iz an iz gessin dad iz geddin less fum a whirl den ackshally iz. Fer sample a falloud fum free mile island maked milk  inna cows ged liddle bids ub raydayshin en some peoples goss all aset aboud id sep din knowed gess loss more raydayshin fum nanners das goss id nacherly. Das called a nanner equibilin dose ens a real moun ub raydayshin. Worser iz a raydayshin fum nanners gossa half life ub lossa big dimes cuz iz pudassium fawdy bud a raydayshin fum a milk ony gossa half life of some dimes cuz iz idine enz nod too mush cuz woan clect inna body es mush afore dkayin. Sos bedder a drinked a condamanaded milk den ead a nanner. Nudder kines ub raydayshin iz lighd. Lighds berry danjrous fum a sun cuz goss loss a uldrabiled wabes en days goss nuff energies ta maked chemigal ractions inna skin den sunburned den maybe cancer. Iz bess nodda be inna reck sun too mush das how come needs a foress. Den goss radio wabes. Reglur radio wabes izzen danjrous mush cuz doan goss nuff energies ta maked shanges inna body. Izzen how mush wabes ez madders iz how mush energies a wabes goss en das how come mose peoples iz scared ub raydayshin cuz doan knowed id. Some radio wabes gossa nuff energies a beed danjrous bud nod a kine ub danger peoples tinked boud. Mikerwabes! Doan maked cancer juss cooks a skin. Doan ged in a mikerwabe er stan afron ub a radar cuz some radar goss nuff mikerwabes a maked burns. Biggess danger ub raydayshin is bein a miner fer stuffs like pishblen fer ranium. Udder kines ub dangers iz diggin inna groun fer rocks cuz deres lossa raydayshin ebberplace inna groun juss some places goss more en udders.

Nudder fin boud ionizin raydayshin is a kine ub id. Alfer raydayshin iz ony danjrous fer eadin en breedin cuz owside a body a alfer pardigles gess stopped by a dead skins bud inside a body doan goss dead skins sos a alfer pardigles kin ged inna cells en breaked em. Nudder kine is baida raydayshin en das more danjrous cuz is lecdrons wif more energies en kin goed inna body liddle bedder bud liddle bid ub medal kin stopped id. A bad kine iz gamma raydayshin en das a kine es mighd hab mose energies. Gamma raydayshin n ex rays iz fodons wif lossa energies mosely. Iz bedder doan hab none bud can helped id cuz iz ebberplace eben comin fum a sky en stars en stuff. Den iz neudrons das fum nookleractions. Somes nod bad en doan goss mush energies bud somes berry bad en goss nuff energies a maked nudder stuffs raydiactib."

I think her next task on the subject will be to write about it. Her writing is more organized than her speaking, and she uses English .

Edit to add: Baby won't use hours, days, weeks, months, or years when speaking. She has a rough idea of what they mean but is not comfortable with them. Her times are "little times", "times", and "big times" and they are relative to her thinking at the moment. For example if she's waiting for someone to give her ice cream, minutes are "big times" but if she's anticipating going to the doctor then hours are "little times". Fortunately she's usually consistent within a conversation so "lots of big times" is much longer than "some times".

Comments

[hellen-w.livejournal.com]

...it seems she really learns A LOT!!!


*kiss*

[wizarth.livejournal.com]

I like to point out to people that solar radiation has more energy then some of the "scary" devices like wifi APs. I need to convert the standard AP energy output and convert it to banana equivalent dose. *Does some searching* Can't compare ionizing to non-ionizing, ok, never mind. Still it's good to know. "Your fruit bowl is more dangerous then your wifi AP!"