observatory of behavioral mechanics
Emotion is motion, unresolved.
Est. by commission of the Bureau
All matters under measurement
All matters under measurement
apparatus 4795 · loading and return
Why doesn't an apology undo it?
A bond is held bent under a load. Remove the load and watch whether it returns to where it began.
Below a certain strain the bond returns completely. Past it, part of the change stays.
full apparatus and findings →apparatus 4792 · coupled bodies
Why does the same argument never end?
Two bodies share one beam. Release one and watch where the energy goes.
The argument is what the shared energy looks like when it has nowhere else to go.
full apparatus and findings →apparatus 4796 · resonance
Why do small things from them hit so hard?
The same small push reaches a bob the whole time. Drag the source toward your pitch and watch how hard it lands.
The same small thing passes through from a stranger and lands hard from the one person tuned to you. How hard it lands is set by the match.
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