Welcome Students! Please take your seats. We shall shortly begin...
Let us start with what is a collision? Simply put, a collision is what occurs when two bodies having mass attempt to occupy the same coordinates in space at the same point in time. Since this is not possible, it results in what is known as a collision. If either or both the bodies are human, then this invariably is accompanied by sound waves comprising signals that our detected by our human ears as "Ouch!", "Aah!, "That hurt", "Look where you are going!", "Stupid!", "Idiot!", "Are you blind?!", and/or various other expletives.
A very common and apt example of a collision is what is popularly known to the laymen as a "punch". This occurs when some smart Alec feels the need to push his jawline (or other vulnerable part of his body) in to the coordinates of 3D space which is being attempted to be occupied by another persons closed fist. Needless to say, mostly such an attempt is painful and leads the person whose fist was there to try it himself too. Whereupon nearby creatures intervene and create/apply a repulsive force strong enough to separate the two of them. Thus, the two mutually injured persons part, often not on very good terms due to the failure of their experiments on the collision theory.
With respect to the human civilization, collisions are a very important part of life. So much so that young homo-sapiens have an inherent instinct towards calculating (without external help) exactly what should be their velocity when they attempt to occupy what point in space and thus cause maximum damage to any who stand in their way. Indeed, perhaps this is the origin of the word "headstrong" as their heads do seem extremely strong when they crash it into the region of your pelvis, oblivious to the fact that unfortunate you had no idea that your paths would cross.
As the young 'uns grow, they learn to exploit the power of collision in more ways than one. I shall discuss a few of them here.
Firstly of course, games and sports make very good use of collisions. One such example would be cricket. American football is another prime example, as are soccer and baseball.
Another prime purpose their in-depth knowledge of collisions students put to, is in harassing their teachers and/or professors. Taking up assault positions at the back of the class so as to have a wider view of the battlefield ahead of them, they time and launch small missiles of a commonly available chemical compound - Calcium Carbonate. This compound, being a small white (in some cases colored) hard object is often successful in delivering a weary student with a welcome exit from the class, whereupon they proceed to practice and hone their knowledge of collisions by one of the earlier methods (cricket, football, etc)
I think that shall be all for today. Perhaps, after a sufficiently long length of time has passed, we may delve deeper into this extremely interesting branch of physics.
Thank you for attending this lecture of mine. It has been a great pleasure.
Thursday, February 12, 2009
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Evil exists in the hearts of man
Sadly but it is true that Evil exists in the heart of man.
There is no evil in any animal. A tiger kills - it hunts for food. It is in its nature to do so and it is the only way it can stay alive. No animal ever attacks unless for one of the two following reasons -
1. for food
2. if it feels threatened.
They go by their primal instincts and follow the law of nature - thou shalt not attack unless it be for food or for thy or thy kinsmans life.
The human race, on the other hand has "evolved" so it can think and analyze.
Sadly, this analysis led many individuals to believe that they should get what they want simply because they exist and have been born one of the elite human race. They feel this mere existence of theirs means they have a right to whatever they want and sadly, being an "evolved" species, they have the brains and ability to take whatever they want from those weaker than them. In the jungle, buliies exist, but they do not continously torture their victims and take pleasure in it. Dunking heads in the toilets is a concept thought out by man to fulfill his huge ego and make him feel better by making others feel bad. The leader of the pack eats first and if food is scarce, some of those lower in rank may go hungry, but the alpha does not hoard the food once he is full just to fulfill his ego and call himself rich while the rest of his pack dies, which sadly, is what some "humans" take pride and pleasure in.
A very close friend of my dad did a paper on some tribals in Africa - the [sarcasm]"uncivilised barbaric"[/sarcasm] races that still exist. They never lock their doors. Everybody helps one another. They do not even have the concept of "rich" and "poor" at all. Whatever they have belongs to their community as a whole. Most of the "civilized" world looks down at them but personally i think they live a better life. Can you even imagine not locking your house if you go to the store down the street?
Also, im a young chap, not even 18 as yet, but never have i seen any animal attack unless threatened. We have a lot of stray dogs here and every year there is a case wherein atleast one child recieves a bite. People blame the dogs but its not their fault. The blasted children trouble them, pulling their tails and whatnot. People stone them and kick out at them but they run away as long as its possible. The case occurs beacuse these darn kids trouble the pups and the pups cannot run away. So the mother attacks and it gives enough warning too - growling for a long time before it even comes near.
And it is always a select group, one of whom gets the bite. The rest of us dont bother the dogs and they dont bother us. I walk by them everyday on the way to school and pass by the same pups and their mother. She used to growl at me, but now that she has seen that i do no harm, she doesnt say anything so long as i mind my own business. My younger brother and his friends play in a park adjoining the road where these pups live. They never have a problem. Their parents have told them not to bother the pups. The pups have been told not to bother the children. They coexist in harmony.
Compare this to the cases of bullying that you hear about. Street gangs who beat up children for no reason except to "be cool". In my opinion, the "uncool" nerdy idiot who is polite to his teachers and elders and people on the street and does not feel the to vandalise or destroy property and does not pick on other weaker kids simply because he is stronger is a much better person.
I am extremely sad about this, but this is what the human race is like. And if this is so, then i'd rather live with the animals in the jungle.
But there is hope yet,
if you can use the gift given to humankind - the same ability to think and analyze that has brought us to this degraded state, the there is still hope. For you can be the beginning of a new race, a new civilisation which does not tread this path. That is the best we can do. All the talk about changing the world is nothing - just talk.
Be the change. Be the new race. Try your best. Trust me - it will be enough.
In my opinion, homo sapiens can be divided into two races -
those that carry evil in their hearts
and those that are carried by the evil in their hearts
The first belong to the humane race and the second belong to the human race, and it is your choice which race you wish to belong to.
There is no evil in any animal. A tiger kills - it hunts for food. It is in its nature to do so and it is the only way it can stay alive. No animal ever attacks unless for one of the two following reasons -
1. for food
2. if it feels threatened.
They go by their primal instincts and follow the law of nature - thou shalt not attack unless it be for food or for thy or thy kinsmans life.
The human race, on the other hand has "evolved" so it can think and analyze.
Sadly, this analysis led many individuals to believe that they should get what they want simply because they exist and have been born one of the elite human race. They feel this mere existence of theirs means they have a right to whatever they want and sadly, being an "evolved" species, they have the brains and ability to take whatever they want from those weaker than them. In the jungle, buliies exist, but they do not continously torture their victims and take pleasure in it. Dunking heads in the toilets is a concept thought out by man to fulfill his huge ego and make him feel better by making others feel bad. The leader of the pack eats first and if food is scarce, some of those lower in rank may go hungry, but the alpha does not hoard the food once he is full just to fulfill his ego and call himself rich while the rest of his pack dies, which sadly, is what some "humans" take pride and pleasure in.
A very close friend of my dad did a paper on some tribals in Africa - the [sarcasm]"uncivilised barbaric"[/sarcasm] races that still exist. They never lock their doors. Everybody helps one another. They do not even have the concept of "rich" and "poor" at all. Whatever they have belongs to their community as a whole. Most of the "civilized" world looks down at them but personally i think they live a better life. Can you even imagine not locking your house if you go to the store down the street?
Also, im a young chap, not even 18 as yet, but never have i seen any animal attack unless threatened. We have a lot of stray dogs here and every year there is a case wherein atleast one child recieves a bite. People blame the dogs but its not their fault. The blasted children trouble them, pulling their tails and whatnot. People stone them and kick out at them but they run away as long as its possible. The case occurs beacuse these darn kids trouble the pups and the pups cannot run away. So the mother attacks and it gives enough warning too - growling for a long time before it even comes near.
And it is always a select group, one of whom gets the bite. The rest of us dont bother the dogs and they dont bother us. I walk by them everyday on the way to school and pass by the same pups and their mother. She used to growl at me, but now that she has seen that i do no harm, she doesnt say anything so long as i mind my own business. My younger brother and his friends play in a park adjoining the road where these pups live. They never have a problem. Their parents have told them not to bother the pups. The pups have been told not to bother the children. They coexist in harmony.
Compare this to the cases of bullying that you hear about. Street gangs who beat up children for no reason except to "be cool". In my opinion, the "uncool" nerdy idiot who is polite to his teachers and elders and people on the street and does not feel the to vandalise or destroy property and does not pick on other weaker kids simply because he is stronger is a much better person.
I am extremely sad about this, but this is what the human race is like. And if this is so, then i'd rather live with the animals in the jungle.
But there is hope yet,
if you can use the gift given to humankind - the same ability to think and analyze that has brought us to this degraded state, the there is still hope. For you can be the beginning of a new race, a new civilisation which does not tread this path. That is the best we can do. All the talk about changing the world is nothing - just talk.
Be the change. Be the new race. Try your best. Trust me - it will be enough.
In my opinion, homo sapiens can be divided into two races -
those that carry evil in their hearts
and those that are carried by the evil in their hearts
The first belong to the humane race and the second belong to the human race, and it is your choice which race you wish to belong to.
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