Nov 21 2008
On humor in science
Obey gravity. It’s the law. –Unknown
Well, this speaks for itself. doesn’t it. Do we really have much choice but to obey gravity? My daughter doesn’t want to obey gravity, but then again, she is a high-jumper on her track team and she’s trying to defeat it. Me? Well, I kind of like gravity, it keeps things from moving around on their own, It’s one of those stabilizing factors in life.
Kids learn gravity at an early age — throwing a toy off the high chair. Eventually it becomes a game, child throws, mom picks up, child throws,….
Efforts to defeat gravity, of course have been successful, but only within the bounds of the laws of science. So one could say, obey nature, it’s the natural law.
