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	<title>Comments on: Why Education is So Boring (Hint: This post is really about dead bodies on display)</title>
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		<title>By: Heather Whipps</title>
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		<dc:creator>Heather Whipps</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Mar 2006 14:57:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Having seen the Body Worlds exhibit for myself, about a month ago in Toronto, I'd have to agree wholeheartedly with Kathy Hirsch-Pasek. No matter how comprehensive today's anatomy textbooks can be, nothing beats the in-your-face visual of a REAL human body, inner workings and all, on display. 

The best example: a bit I omitted in my article on the topic was the table featuring actual "slices" of a man who was morbidly obese, and presumably died of this condition. The hardened cross-sections (picture cutting someone in half and looking at them from the side), some several inches thick, featured his massive folds and flabs in all their (un)glory. His internal organs were tiny by comparison and struggled under the weight of his, well, weight. It was disturbing and fascinating all at once, and I could think of no better way to warn people about the dangers of obesity. Let's just say that no one in my gang, all of us healthy and thin, was up for a burger afterwards.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Having seen the Body Worlds exhibit for myself, about a month ago in Toronto, I&#8217;d have to agree wholeheartedly with Kathy Hirsch-Pasek. No matter how comprehensive today&#8217;s anatomy textbooks can be, nothing beats the in-your-face visual of a REAL human body, inner workings and all, on display. </p>
<p>The best example: a bit I omitted in my article on the topic was the table featuring actual &#8220;slices&#8221; of a man who was morbidly obese, and presumably died of this condition. The hardened cross-sections (picture cutting someone in half and looking at them from the side), some several inches thick, featured his massive folds and flabs in all their (un)glory. His internal organs were tiny by comparison and struggled under the weight of his, well, weight. It was disturbing and fascinating all at once, and I could think of no better way to warn people about the dangers of obesity. Let&#8217;s just say that no one in my gang, all of us healthy and thin, was up for a burger afterwards.</p>
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