I love doing these IQ quizzes wherein at the end they give a report analysing your brain type or even say your 'thinking type'. I took one such quiz today and it went on to explain two types of thinking. They called it System 1 and System 2 type of thinking. System 1 is our basic intuition type of thinking, that is, simply put, the first thing that comes to your mind when a stimulus hits you (a question here ) System 2 is an elaborate and logical thinking. That said, If I ask you, "Doesn't more force mean more speed(or effect) on the object ?" , what would you say? System 1 thinking would lure you to say "yes" , but your System 2 thinking would pressurize you to say "It depends..." . On what ?
For example, one of the previous post talks about gravity and its effect on two objects, the ball and the feather.We said, gravity depended on mass of the object. We also said, the acceleration of the objects was independent of their mass. So to sum it up, it means, the gravity force acting on the objects were different, heavier object gets a bigger gravity force acting on it than the lighter object, however the rate at which they fall towards the earth is the same. Isn't it difficult to visualise? We tend to think, more the force, more the speed. Right? So how would you explain this phenomenon? Close your eyes. Take a min (or more) Think about it.
Let me tell you about my closing-the-eyes-to-think experience.I tried visualizing pushing a ball with little force as opposed to pushing it with extra force. Hmm.. the ball would move the extra length or maybe faster when I pushed it with extra force right? Doesn't help. Maybe my example needs two different objects, in particular, of different masses. Then I tried visualizing pushing a heavy door as compared to a not so heavy door. Hmm.. now maybe I was getting somewhere. But, 'aahaa' was no where in sight ! And then my mind went blank! (like how a television switches off) Clueless and all the more curious I was. I've this senior at college who's my go-to guy for any technical question. I ping and disturb him with this question. He gives me a lovely explanation.
"Imagine, you have a cricket ball and a tennis ball in your hand. And that two storeys down, there's a glass floor. Drop both the balls at the same time, from the same height. Both reach the floor at the same time. However, the cricket ball might crack your glass floor, wherein the tennis ball could've happily bounced off to glory. Which leads you to conclude, the cricket ball carried more force with it and ended up cracking the glass floor, as compared to the tennis ball, but both of them fell at the same rate." Makes a lot of sense isn't it. Different force, but can fall at the same time. ( I had to mention this because, all the stuff I write about in these posts, including the pictures, is all from the internet. None of it is my own thought. I'd just read all of them, and compile them into an article. However, this beautiful explanation was his very own)
We've learnt couple of things today. Being able to give the right examples to aid understanding is a talent that some people are blessed with and that though the objects fell at the same rate under the influence of gravity, they were affected by forces of different magnitudes. And, more importantly, whenever possible, let your system 2 thinking support your system 1's solution before a big decision. Stay logical, stay happy!!
For example, one of the previous post talks about gravity and its effect on two objects, the ball and the feather.We said, gravity depended on mass of the object. We also said, the acceleration of the objects was independent of their mass. So to sum it up, it means, the gravity force acting on the objects were different, heavier object gets a bigger gravity force acting on it than the lighter object, however the rate at which they fall towards the earth is the same. Isn't it difficult to visualise? We tend to think, more the force, more the speed. Right? So how would you explain this phenomenon? Close your eyes. Take a min (or more) Think about it.
Let me tell you about my closing-the-eyes-to-think experience.I tried visualizing pushing a ball with little force as opposed to pushing it with extra force. Hmm.. the ball would move the extra length or maybe faster when I pushed it with extra force right? Doesn't help. Maybe my example needs two different objects, in particular, of different masses. Then I tried visualizing pushing a heavy door as compared to a not so heavy door. Hmm.. now maybe I was getting somewhere. But, 'aahaa' was no where in sight ! And then my mind went blank! (like how a television switches off) Clueless and all the more curious I was. I've this senior at college who's my go-to guy for any technical question. I ping and disturb him with this question. He gives me a lovely explanation.
"Imagine, you have a cricket ball and a tennis ball in your hand. And that two storeys down, there's a glass floor. Drop both the balls at the same time, from the same height. Both reach the floor at the same time. However, the cricket ball might crack your glass floor, wherein the tennis ball could've happily bounced off to glory. Which leads you to conclude, the cricket ball carried more force with it and ended up cracking the glass floor, as compared to the tennis ball, but both of them fell at the same rate." Makes a lot of sense isn't it. Different force, but can fall at the same time. ( I had to mention this because, all the stuff I write about in these posts, including the pictures, is all from the internet. None of it is my own thought. I'd just read all of them, and compile them into an article. However, this beautiful explanation was his very own)
We've learnt couple of things today. Being able to give the right examples to aid understanding is a talent that some people are blessed with and that though the objects fell at the same rate under the influence of gravity, they were affected by forces of different magnitudes. And, more importantly, whenever possible, let your system 2 thinking support your system 1's solution before a big decision. Stay logical, stay happy!!
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