Thursday, December 11, 2008

On the Fundamental Nature of the Laws of Physics

It is amazing to me that people go about their days so casually confident that the traffic laws will trump the basic physical laws of large body kinematics. The laws of physics are supposed to be the most fundamental there are.

This is one of the few instances where we literally stake our lives on our commitment to scientific theory, or lack thereof, and we are so supremely sure that large objects in motion will cease to be in motion before they get to us (and we do it, like, all the time).

People are stupid, distracted, manic, and unpredictable, inertia is not!

I urge discretion, people, calm and discretion!

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