Life is interesting, isn't it?

[LPaton716]

This thread is open to just about anything you want to say, respectively. Anything that you find fascinating about life may be posted here.

For example:

I find it quite intriguing that the friction between my hand and a cup can overcome the force of gravity that is being exerted on the cup.

Another example:

We are essentially held together by the air around us. If I were in a low pressure environment, the gases in my body would cause me to explode.As a counter example, when you heat up an aluminum can the molecules of air inside it expands. Then, it you flip it over into ice water they cool quickly and there are no longer enough molecules to support the inner walls of the can. Essentially the can implodes because there can't be nothing inside of it. Nothing refuses to exist (or not exist?)! But what if it could be super imploded so that it sort of went into a negative space?

One more thing that I find interesting is that the word "live" is the word "evil" spelled backwards. Also, "silent" and "listen" are spelled with the same letters.

What do you find interesting about life? It could be scientific, verbal, mathematical, philosophical... as long as it is respectful.

Enjoy this thread.

[sanddrag]

Atmospheric pressure really is enormous. It can shoot a ping pong ball out of a depresurized tube at nearly 200 mph. If you place a paint stick nearly half hanging off the edge of a table, and place a full sheet of newspaper (fully opened) over the half sitting on the table, then you quickly "karate chop" the stick, it will break in two. Incredible. (it does take a few tries to get it but it is the force of atmospheric pressure that allows it to break)

I find it incredible that we can land on a planet many millions of miles away.

I find it incredible how we have full maps of the moon when only very few people have been there.

I find it incredible that we can receive signals from a spacecraft that is something like 7 billion miles away.

It is incredible how some insects can walk on water due to surface tension.

It is incredible how canoes can be made from concrete.

It is mystifying how rivers flow one direction on one side of the great divide and the other direction on the other side.

It is amazing how we sent people into outer space and back with computers probably less powerful than today's cell phones.

[mechanicalbrain]

i find it interesting that drive though ATM machines have brail (see any blind people driving?)

[JoeXIII'007]

I find it interesting that there is no existence of the smallest or biggest object because there always has to be something that will go even smaller or bigger than that.

I find it interesting that a simple order or rearrangement of anything (words, objects, etc.) can have multiple different meanings that cover both positive and negative ends. Us humans have gotten to understand this as politics, ethics, and other forms of activity.

I find it interesting when I find some people walking down a neighborhood street when right next to them is a completely clear, available sideWALK.

I find it interesting that so many people have made money by attracting their customers to their product. Then, days, months, or years later, the product breaks down, and the customers have to buy a new one or pitch in more money to make it work again. This cycle keeps going, and going, and going, and going (Energizer Bunny continues the drum beat).

I find it interesting that circles and circular, spherical objects make up a lot of what we see today. Atoms, molecules, tires, coins, CDs, DVDs, cans, screws, planets, and even sometimes comets, are all circular or spherical in some way.

[Edit++]I find it interesting that some people actually ask "Do you have a life?" when you're alive, well, living and probably better off than the inquirer.[/Edit++]

[tiffany34990]

we all originally came from the same group of early humans then diverted to different locations

hate and love have the same amount of letters and both are extremely powering feelings

we always like to hear the bad stuff on the news all the time instead of the positive things

there are soo many different kinds of creatures that live with us

humans seems to be the most sophisticated and intelligent creatures

[Elgin Clock]

Remember kids, during the last of the 6 weeks, or at any time:

300 1/2" holes in 1/8" Aluminum only removes 1 pound

Now, does that mean that 150 1/2" holes in 1/4" Aluminum removes the same weight?

Yes... Right?

[LPaton716]

I'm also interested in any ideas from the ordinary to the absurd. It's great to hear about ideas that others have come up with.


For example it would be great to create solar/wind powered cars that generated electricity as they were driven. Or someone should invent (maybe someone already did) fast acting tranquilizer stun guns that would leave their victims alive and be just as (possibly more?) effective than bullets.

Has anyone ever heard of Hufu (human flavored tofu)? I think I read an article on it but I'll check and google it. (I'm not sure how that fits in but its interesting even a bit strange.)

[Kevin Watson]

Originally Posted by LPaton716

This thread is open to just about anything you want to say, respectively. Anything that you find fascinating about life may be posted here...

One of the cool things you learn in theoretical physics is that there is no such thing as a perfect vacuum.

-Kevin

[CmptrGk]

What about odd names for things?

Like how we park in a driveway, and drive on a parkway.

if i can think up any others, ill edit this post.

[Conor Ryan]

Was the 3 Button Mouse too Advanced for its time?

Why aren't the cool cell phones available in the US?

[sanddrag]

One of life's greatest mysteries - Where is the right click button on an Apple mouse?

Also, why will people spend 30 minutes trying to use the wrong tool for the job because they don't want to spend 10 minutes looking for the right tool which will do the job instantly?

[RbtGal1351]

Originally Posted by Kevin Watson

One of the cool things you learn in theoretical physics is that there is no such thing as a perfect vacuum.

-Kevin

huh?!
can you not create a perfect vacuum, or does stuff get created out of one?
(i know, the second one didn't make -any- sense)

[Kevin Watson]

Originally Posted by RbtGal1351

...can you not create a perfect vacuum, or does stuff get created out of one? (i know, the second one didn't make -any- sense)

Yep, stuff (matter/energy) is literally created, briefly, out of nothing. In physics, this is called a quantum vacuum fluctuation. Some of these particles (e.g., positrons) even behave as though they were traveling backwards in time. Physics can be fun <grin>.

-Kevin

[RbtGal1351]

Originally Posted by Kevin Watson

Yep, stuff (matter/energy) is literally created, briefly, out of nothing. In physics, this is called a quantum vacuum fluctuation. Some of these particles (e.g., positrons) even behave as though they were traveling backwards in time. Physics can be fun <grin>.

-Kevin

thats awesome!!!
i cant wait to take physics... why o why do i have to wait til my senior year!?

[Chase]

I love physics. The Big Bang theory and black holes fascinate me.