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vdjsksovpdnwb 3 months ago
I’ve got just one question, Cliff,” he says, carving his way through the Eberhard-Faber. “Why is the sky blue?” My mind is absolutely, profoundly blank. I have no idea. I look out the window at the sky with the primitive, uncomprehending wonder of a Neanderthal contemplating fire. I force myself to say something—anything. “Scattered light,” I reply. “Uh, yeah, scattered sunlight.” “Could you be more specific?” Well, words came from somewhere, out of some deep instinct of self-preservation. I babbled about the spectrum of sunlight, the upper atmosphere, and how light interacts with molecules of air. “Could you be more specific?” I’m describing how air molecules have dipole moments, the wave-particle duality of light, scribbling equations on the blackboard, and . . . “Could you be more specific?” An hour later, I’m sweating hard. His simple question—a five-year-old’s question—has drawn together oscillator theory, electricity and magnetism, thermodynamics, even quantum mechanics. Even in my miserable writhing, I admired the guy
vdjsksovpdnwb 4 months ago
“simplex? i find them very complex, personally.”
vdjsksovpdnwb 7 months ago
Where am I rushing right now when I should be moving deliberately? Where am I dragging my feet right now when I should be moving fast? from James Clear 1-2-3 newsletter