Week 8

Newton's Three Laws and Me

I think Newton's Three Laws can be applied to everyday life.

Law 1: An object at rest will remain at rest unless acted on by an unbalanced force. An object in motion continues in motion with the same speed and in the same direction unless acted upon by an unbalanced force. 

An everyday example of this is with ketchup! When you flip the bottle over and it's not full, it may just stick to the bottle and nothing will come out. However, if you hit it, the ketchup will come out. Me hitting it is the unbalanced force that makes it move from it's resting position. 

Law 2: Acceleration is produced when a force acts on a mass. The greater the mass the greater the amount of force needed. 

I think of driving. From the moment you start the car to getting on the highway and accelerating. You don't have to apply that much pressure to the gas when you're going 25 mph down Broadway, but if you're on the 580 you have to put more force to the pedal to accelerate.

Law 3: For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction

Everyday in class! When I sit in a chair, I'm exerting a downward motion on it and the chair is exerting an upward motion on me.

Our Energy Efficient Culture

Obviously, we are anything but energy efficient. At least in my opinion. We might be taking steps in that general direction, but they are baby steps. While we're trying to be more energy efficient, I can't help but wander how much we're helping, while at the same time how much damage we're doing. 

Descartes

Oh, Descartes. I feel like he was pretty much the whole package, even though he might not have been exactly right about a few things. But his ambition was there! I think it's interesting how he tried to simplify things by just grouping them together, which makes sense. But as others have discussed, it's obviously not the best thing to do. And Laura even mentioned how it's similar to Western Medicine, which I completely agree with. It shouldn't just be stuffed into a category, but other components of the body need to be taken into consideration.