SIX LAWS THAT GOVERN THE UNIVERSE.

THE FIRST LAW:

It never rains, but it pours.

Commentary:

Everybody who has been hanging out in the universe, knows this simple fact. Of course in it's larger application we see that indeed: The universe is made out of clusters, strings, waves!

Everything exists between two extremes: Empty space – no rain at all! Compact space like at the center of the earth, the sun, or a black hole – the rain is so thick you don't want to go there.

Thick, thin, large, small, heavy, light, dark, light...hmm...particles, waves... Sounds like Hegel, or the I Ching.

Anyway, it's a very reliable law – every professional gambler, meteorologist, or quantum physicist can attest to that.

THE SECOND LAW:

You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink.

Commentary:

This metaphor describes why teaching and learning are such difficult tasks. It is our inability to accept new information and the desire to stick with what we know. Like the pope, who refused to look through Galileo's telescope, because he already knew there was nothing to see.

Footnote:

Most early cultures quickly figured that if you sell the water to the horse – it would happily drink...

THE THIRD LAW:

We have a very poorly functioning memory.

Commentary:

Conventionally, to illustrate this point, one would claim to have forgotten the commentary – haha – nevertheless that would show enough memory to remember the joke etc.. and contradict itself. There are two types of memory lapses: Misplacement of the information or complete deletion. Misplaced information we usually are aware of, we know that we used to know, we just can't quite get there. Information that was completely deleted, doesn't leave any trace it ever existed. Never happened!

THE FOURTH LAW:

The Law of the Surf

Commentary:

This law cannot be described in words: I usually show it by going into a surfer-pose, bending slightly forward, both leg firmly on the ground, and balancing with widely stretched arms.

What that means is: You cannot learn “The Tango” from a book! Somebody has to show it to you. Then your mirror-neurons can replicate the movement without problem. These are speechless instructions, that also explain the otherwise unexplained mystery of the infectious yawning, sneezing, synchronized swimming, etc... So it's a wordless law – it needs to be shown.

THE FIFTH LAW:

The Law of the Unintended Consequences

Commentary:

However smart you are, when you think you covered every eventuality – you have to make room in your calculations for the unintended. That's just the way it is. It's a law!

THE SIXTH LAW:

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Commentary:

See above.

 

As they were experienced by Brummbaer

2013