Photography And Half-Thoughts By Mitchell Hegman

...because some of it is pretty and some of it is not.

Tuesday, June 11, 2013

Like Forces Repel (the not-too-technical version)


In nature, like forces repel.  The often cited example is the like poles of magnets, which readily push away from each other when they are brought near enough that their lines of flux meet.  Similarly, two negative sub-atomic particles of the same sort will repel. 
In human behavior, however, two negatives readily attract.  Quite often, they will cohabitate for over twenty years and steadily produce offspring for the whole time.  Their offspring will likely set fire to your lawn furniture while they are young children, steal cars from your neighborhood as young adults, and then eventually marry into your own family.  
--Mitchell Hegman

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