like a nail in the head


an -n-logy for obvious. this was originally coined by a pharmacy professor at the ut health science center at san antonio. the professor was referring to phineas gage, a 19th century railroad worker, who suffered a freak accident when an explosion catapulted a large piece of iron through his skull and into his frontal lobes. an injury that was anything but subtle.
professor: “what’s an antibiotic used for?”

student bob: “uh, there is an inhibitory, uh, upregulation and, uh half life …”

professor: “an antibiotic kills bacteria. bob, the answer was like a nail in the head and somehow you completely missed it”

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