So what's this "Independent of the Path" thing all about? Well, it actually came from something my physics professor was talking about in class last semester.
He was talking about an object moving along a path in a "friction-less world." If there is no friction present, regardless of the path (whether there are dips, hills, sudden drops etc) the object will continue to move at the same speed- it will move independent of the path.
I thought it was a pretty interesting metaphor for life and having the determination to push ahead despite any obstacles that may arise. :)
Thursday, January 07, 2010
The Meaning Behind the New Name
7:46 PM
Rachelle Morris
1 comments:
Im sorry but this makes no sense....Its a cool name but if there is (there is not) such a thing as a frictionless world, then there would be no need for a path, a path is used to direct an object in a direction by encouraging it traction in the direction by providing a clear and friction-efficent path for that object to follow. Hence paths in a park are not covered by trees but by efficient, traction-prividing dirt or concrete. If you theory is held true that an object with out friction will move in its own direction, or "the path of least resistance (or in this case no resistance) then wouldn't that be its "PATH".
I direct you to the webster dictionarys deffinition of Path -
"the course or direction in which a person or thing is moving : the missile traced a fiery path in the sky | figurative a chosen career path."
So by that definition the object is not moving independently of the path but on a path, just not the one with hills and dips.
Still a cool name!
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