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see also: a lightweight stick & puck
combined with a slapshot
the optic nerve quits with
rapidly changing acceleration
Noone sees the ball off the bat
Fielders do a physics problem to
deduce where the ball will end up next
Darkness can be described as
a change in acceleration, or a "jolt"
The Dark Side of the Force
jerk
The great deal of force produced when a relatively small ball & bat collide results a substantial change in acceleration and complete darkness
Light source
you would die and halfway down
you would have blacked out
The Hulk Origin Story
Put simply, the world gets darker as things become more massive
Jerk or a Jolt
If this was your flight path
if this were the surface of an object, we would describe this as darkness
darkness
Darkness means depth
F′= m′a′
For example,
d. something massive
b. black
a. brown
c. a hot mess
What would I get If I were to mix these paints
???
is a viscous substance.
But those cohesive forces wax and wane...Pine tar is sticky, not stuck.
F′= m′a′
Pine tar
A not insignificant amount of pine
tar flies off of the ball mid-flight.
The ball is not cured.
Curing- the process of hardening adhesives
A blend uses less force to make something slightly more massive and thus slightly better at absorbing light and slightly darker
But slightly darker is still dark, if not a bit blurry.
the Mona Lisa, created by a painstaking blending process, is thus a dark painting. A high value
dark painting but a dark painting, nonetheless.
Keep it Real
When we speak of actors
we speak of their emotion.
We refer to their performances not as good
but as layered.
But the Mona Lisa has a hidden smile and
several layers as well.
Indeed, this realism is actually a conversation
about motion:
the activity of muscles, or oil paint, below the surface.
Can a robot paint a masterpiece?
It's tough to spot anything through
blurred lines
That's what blending does: blur lines,
add depth, and make everything a
little bit darker out there.
"Is It Cake?" looks real for the same
reason an oil painting looks real:
blending
Madam Lisa Giocondo is a brooding, moody white woman with dark features
Editor's note: cake is not actually blended. The dough is
kneaded and mixed.
But
from glutinous dough and minimal mixing
F′= m′a′
For Viola Davis I don't know
how she does it
This depth requires multiple layers
and a deft touch.
That and the fact that oil paint never really dries
The Mona Lisa is what happens when a variable force meets
oil paint
The resulting combination and recombination of oil paint, m′ gives the Mona Lisa its wandering eyes.
"Blending" is a high brow term for mixing.
Things that are too reflective and too shallow and too vibrant to be dark
black skin
your cell phone
This is specular reflection; not the diffuse reflection often associated with uneven surfaces
Fun Fact:
Did your cake come out a little rough?
The culprit is gluten.
When baking a cake, it is important to show restraint.
The more you knead and mix the dough, the more gluten will be produced.
Gluten molecules allow baked goods to hold their shape.
Next time you're baking a cake, a little less elbow grease.
The more the dough is kneaded and mixed, the more gluten is produced.
Minimal mixing results in a high value, blended, dark, and decadent cake.
You get cake that is slightly dark; dark enough to misjudge.
F′= m′a′
Describe this collection of
people in one word or less.
If the films of Zack Snyder taught us anything it's that white people can be dark.
Dark World
QI ice wants to make new bonds
why slip?
why spin out?
icee
The mud on the surface is sticky and very light.
Ice has the thinnest layer of liquid water
on its surface
You're not slipping on ice
F′= m′a′
you're slipping on a slushie
on the surface of ice
That's what makes ice sticky
Get your tires on solid ground,
even if that means kitty litter.
People slip because there is a rapid change in acceleration
Same problem.
The ground isn't sticky but the mud is
Solution?
Salt, kitty litter, anything
that'll thicken up that layer of ice or mud.
Conversely, ice skates.
Ice skates penetrate deep
into the ice,
past that initial thin layer of slush
flying insects produce a static electric charge from the friction of their wings and the air
Spiderwebs are negatively charged and jump out at the insect.
Spiders have been chilling all day,
don't get stuck in the web.
F′= 0
Are you afraid of the dark
What is so scary about a horror movie?
The expectation
What can I say
and wood grain is a byproduct of the growth of trees
assume that wood grain is a change in acceleration
Then the growth rate of trees is must be herky jerky
and why people bump into tables
To be dark is to be misjudged.
A change in acceleration= darkness
In fact, I would cover myself head to toe in acceleration changes
If fired at by projectiles
I would change my acceleration
Bob, weave, serpentine, whatever.
similar to the way these paints are mixed together to make dark brown
But unlike a blob of oil paints light has no mass
While light waves cannot be smashed together
It works for tables
Would being covered head to toe in Organic shapes and herky-Jerky lines make
you Invisible?
Camouflage darkens military personnel for combat.
Wood grain darkens tables for personal injury.
the wood grain acts as a sort of camouflage
I don't know but
see also: why that water wasn't as deep as you thought
see also: the swish of a basketball net
assume that wood grain is a change in acceleration
Then the growth rate of trees is must be herky jerky
In scientific terms
White light is all of the other types of light combined
F′= m′a′
You can backscatter light,
creating a traffic jam of sorts
But light has no mass
This deceleration produces white light. Like in the hollow hairs of a polar bear, for instance.
illumination
Fun Fact:
If darkness is a change in acceleration then this backscattering would imply that the color white is actually a dark color
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