/sci/ - Science & Math

>>2268054

Well I appreciate what he's getting at. The mass media has done a good job at eroding the critical thinking / objective reasoning abilities of the masses and has everyone chasing material possessions and elusive pop culture behavioral trends in order to fit in.

>>2259303

The pain point is that everyone should be skeptical of authority figures and leaders.

I think the biggest problem in our society is that we've romanticized the concept of authority/leadership. America in particular has this problem to a greater extent than all other developed nations combined, if you ask me.
The problem doesn't only lie in religion. It also lies in pop culture (people trying to act like bieber, miley cyrus, spears, etc) It can also be found in politics, business, economics, etc. Concept holds true in all aspects of society.

We need to get the word out that there's nothing special about leadership. They simply help collaborate human efforts and facilitate progress.

Much like the relationship between glial cells and neurons, "authority" figures are supporting roles. No more, no less. They shouldn't be thought of as better. If anything, they're far inferior, as they're incapable of solving problems themselves, thus driving them to a position where they have to coordinate problem solvers.

Transfer of momentum, etc.

m1v1 = (M)v'

Basically the potential energy (mgh) stored in the ball you pick up is transfered into kinetic energy (.5mv^2), and from there you derive velocity used in the collision calculations.

Without friction/air resistance and given a complete elastic collision, the shit would never stop once you started it.

pretty neat, huh?