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One thing I question with Le Châtelier, is how do you know which equilibrium will be pushed back towards? Humans have a desire pro-speed and anti-risk. Suppose
by philh 10y ago
One thing I question with Le Châtelier, is how do you know which equilibrium will be pushed back towards?
Humans have a desire pro-speed and anti-risk. Supposedly, if you introduce seatbelt laws, speed increases and risk stays the same. How do you predict that in advance? Why doesn't risk decrease and speed stay the same? Or why not speed increase a bit and risk decrease a bit?
- btilly 10y agoPush it back towards does not mean that it necessarily arrives at its original position. Just that it didn't wind up as far away from it as you'd naively hope.
- hexane360 10y agoIt means there is some control the system has over its variables, and it will move to an optimal position based on that. Humans can adjust their driving speed, and they want to maintain a certain equilibrium of risk. When you add seatbelts, humans will try to move back to the optimal risk level they set. Normally they won't go all the way back, but they'll go some of the way.