MRI
MRI, or magnetic resonance imaging, is a contraption that uses powerful magnets and coils to scan the human body accompanied by a symphony of thunderous noises. Patients must lie motionless in a steel tube as if auditioning for a horror film, all in the name of peering into their own insides. The resulting images arrive like smuggled artifacts from outer space, leaving radiologists to divine pathologies from abstract patterns. Debates over cost-effectiveness are conveniently shelved, as everyone seeks the comforting illusion of “peace of mind” from this tubular demon. The only indisputable outcome, however, is the hollow echo of your wallet’s emptiness after the bill arrives.