Today, I got this message on facebok from a thoughtful friend.
"Hi Mohsin,
Recently, one of my professors in the Chemistry Dept. at UTSC died of a cancer that had spread throughout her body. She was in her mid 40's and her sudden passing was quite a shock to me.
I am overcome by a sentimental sense of regret of having so many questions I wanted to ask her, but did not due to time, posturing, pride or simply shyness and ignorance. I realize now that had I asked her imperfect questions, I would have got imperfect answers, but that information - no matter how incomplete or unsatisfactory - would have been better and greater than not knowing anything at all.
As such, i advise you my friend, to never let the opportunity to talk to someone who knows much about what you want to know."
Yeah. I know it is sad. As the foundation of all the complex advanced systems -such as the one in human civilization- is based on the information which is continuously built up from past, I think that is really non-compensateable to let a brain/mind die without maintaining its knowledge and skills which is stored in the form of a complex cross wiring in the brain. Such a fancy useful way complicated “circuit” has taken a life to be formed and we yet don’t know how not to waste it on the occasion of a sudden death unfortunately.
Although to reach a very efficient solution will probably takes much more efforts on brain discoveries, our asking questions from dead-to-be people is definitely a good solution to at least save some of those knowledge. So, my friend is right! We should all really not hesitate about that.
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