Friday, December 16, 2011

Experience kicks education's ass....

Ok, sounds off topic, but it's not if you consider my ghostheory. (Yes, all one word).
Here is my argument which it also explains why Tesla was able to best Edison in many issues, and why Dr. House always identifies the problem (I know it's fictional, but a great example of what I'm talking about).

When I was a kid I thought I wanted to play basketball. I bought a ball, and a few months later, after being untouched, the ball lost some air.

I knew that I needed to use a pump, but the hand helds too long; I'd rather use the bike pumps that you stand on it's feet to get more leverage. I was all done and I played with the pump for a couple days. I'd hold the end, pump some air through and use it like a garden house of air.

Remember, I was holding the bottom of the pump with my feet. After a time, I noticed that the base would get hot when I held the air with my hand. If I pumped it fast and held it, it got so hot I hand to pull me feet away from the base to avoid getting burned. The compression of air causes the area to heat up!

All that from compressing the air into that space. I wonder if the opposite was true? If I pulled that up fast enough, would it cool off? Enough to freeze the stand? Turns out, that was true, although I wasn't fast or strong enough to pull the pump into a freezing temperature, this is basically why a compressed can of air freezes on the outside: the expansion of air. This is also way nitrogen is so cold; because it is one of the most fastest expanding gases around.

I learned all this in GRADE SCHOOL from playing with a bike pump. I had the curiousity, like all kids, to ask, "why?"

That's part of ghostheory....to ask, "why?"

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