Physics-Humanity Analogy Interlude: How Reference Frames Made Me a Better Person
2020-01-20
For contrast to the boundaries and open relationships discussions, I’ll introduce the first of several analogies between physics and humanity that I have found helpful, intriguing, or entertaining. Just as no frame of reference is inherently any better than another, at least an interesting exercise is to contemplate the same neutrality for human perspectives. It’s easy to personalize people’s lives to the extent that we think they see things a particular way because of properties “intrinsic” to them — for example, their personalities and idiosyncrasies. But I think this is actually getting the causality backwards; these seemingly “intrinsic” attributes are the results of interactions betweenRead More →