Laws Of Attraction

That moment when you're absolutely crushing a physics problem, feeling like Einstein reincarnated, only to realize your answer is off by a factor of 1000 because you forgot to convert from pounds to kilograms! The train of your perfect solution derails spectacularly while the correct answer (that tiny mouse of SI compliance) smugly watches your imperial unit disaster unfold. Every physics student has experienced this special flavor of academic trauma where a 30-minute calculation collapses because of a simple unit conversion. The professors who deduct full points for this are probably the same people who laugh at Tom & Jerry cartoons for their "unrealistic physics."

This flowchart is what happens when career counselors have a mental breakdown. Engineering? Only if you're "good with things." Chemistry? Congratulations on your future as a "fussy pedant." And let's not forget Computer Science, perfect for those who prefer "slow, indirect evil" over the more efficient varieties. The beautiful part is how it nails the existential crisis of every STEM student. "Why do you want to major in a STEM field?" Options include "curiosity" (adorable), "to save the planet" (delusional), or my personal favorite, the dawning realization that STEM was supposed to involve actual plants for Biology majors. After 30 years of teaching, I can confirm this is approximately 87% accurate. The missing 13% is the path where you choose your major based on which department has the least uncomfortable chairs in the lecture hall.

Engineers are a different breed entirely. While fantasy heroes dream of slaying dragons, engineers who suddenly gain magical powers immediately think, "How can I violate the fundamental laws of physics with this?" The square-cube law is that pesky little principle limiting how big structures can get before collapsing under their own weight. But with levitation? Those constraints go right out the window. Suddenly that 300-foot-tall mecha with impossibly thin legs doesn't seem so impractical anymore. Give an engineer a superpower and they won't save the world—they'll redesign it with "weird shit" that would make Newton roll in his grave.

Looking through the wrong end of a scope while the recoil is about to introduce your eye to Newton's Third Law? That's not just ignorance of physics—that's a fast-track application to the Pirate Club! The beautiful irony is that not knowing physics is precisely what's about to teach you physics in the most memorable way possible. Nothing says "equal and opposite reaction" quite like a scope-shaped bruise on your forehead. The universe always finds a way to educate the unwilling!

The holy grail of physics casually scribbled on a napkin! This equation claims to unify quantum mechanics and gravity—something that's stumped the greatest minds for decades. It's like saying "I fixed the most notorious problem in physics while waiting for my coffee." The top equation is just the Schrödinger equation, but the potential function below sneakily combines electrical and gravitational forces as if they play nicely together. Spoiler alert: they don't! Einstein spent his final years trying to reconcile these forces, and here's someone suggesting it's "very easy." Sure, and I casually solved Fermat's Last Theorem during my lunch break yesterday.

The ONLY time Fahrenheit and Celsius agree on anything! 🤯 These temperature scales spend their entire existence in disagreement, but at exactly -40°, they dramatically clasp arms in perfect harmony! It's like watching two rival scientists finally bonding after decades of heated arguments. The universe's way of saying "see, you two CAN get along if you just chill out enough!" Temperature scale unity - who would've thought we'd need to freeze our molecules off to witness such a rare cosmic event?