life, in ben-speak
me: i want to learn physics
Benedict: I want to teach you
me: teach me please!
Benedict: A compressed spring weighs more than a relaxed spring. why?
me: yes tell me why
Benedict: when you compress a spring, it has potential energy to expand again
the energy is there in the molecular lattice of the spring and E=MC^2
me: love it
Benedict: can i tell you one more story
one of my favourite analogies to life in physics is principle axis - if you have an oscillating system and you look at it with the wrong angle or in terms of the wrong frequency, it will seem like random motion
Benedict: but if you shift your axis to the right one you can see the components of oscillation in the system.
that is just like life to me
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