where does the concept of opposite come from, for starters the most native idea minus cultural influences, then whatever cultural influences.

when (applied to what) is the concept truly useful

are there really any opposites out there, anywhere in the universe, external of the work of human minds

i’d expect the most basic idea of opposite starts with geometry

physics too (related geometry I guess) you know you push on something and it resists, with an equal and opposite force apparently. We’ve all been there, sometimes it seems more. On good days things don’t fight back so much.

transition said:

physics too (related geometry I guess) you know you push on something and it resists, with an equal and opposite force apparently. We’ve all been there, sometimes it seems more. On good days things don’t fight back so much.

Do the laws of physics have good and bad days, where inertia is somehow different?

transition said:

where does the concept of opposite come from, for starters the most native idea minus cultural influences, then whatever cultural influences.

when (applied to what) is the concept truly useful

are there really any opposites out there, anywhere in the universe, external of the work of human minds

i’d expect the most basic idea of opposite starts with geometry

electrons positrons. but then they are constructs of the human mind too. but then everything is in a way so the question basically cannot be answered.

roughbarked said:

transition said:

physics too (related geometry I guess) you know you push on something and it resists, with an equal and opposite force apparently. We’ve all been there, sometimes it seems more. On good days things don’t fight back so much.

Do the laws of physics have good and bad days, where inertia is somehow different?

no.

Black as opposed to White

Whether in Art:
Black being the combination of all colours
White being the total lack of colour

or Science:
Black being the total lack of colour
White being all the colours of the spectrum

To the best of my knowledge (or lack thereof)
Black and White are the Opposite of each other.

roughbarked said:

transition said:

physics too (related geometry I guess) you know you push on something and it resists, with an equal and opposite force apparently. We’ve all been there, sometimes it seems more. On good days things don’t fight back so much.

Do the laws of physics have good and bad days, where inertia is somehow different?

yeah forces change all the time, like gravity, sometimes you get off the sofa or out of bed and think my God what happened.

on your good days you hardly notice it, it’s easy, which raises the question of what makes things easy, less or even unnoticeable, and should I or you calibrate our reality from such ease. It’s got to be a trick.

and back to opposite, the concept..

I think the idea, the device, permeates minds, is a pervasive feature of contrast and comparison.

it’s there all the time, looking for something to do, often hiding, and jumps on things.

so here i’m trying to catch the beast, for some interrogation.