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Several years ago, a good friend came to me and excitedly pitched his latest invention - perpetual motion. He grew more and more animated as he explained how hi
by hluska 14y ago
Several years ago, a good friend came to me and excitedly pitched his latest invention - perpetual motion. He grew more and more animated as he explained how his device used magnets...
Being young, I drew a diagram showing why it would fail. With each line, I could sense him deflating, but I kept drawing. Finally, by the time I brought up Newton, I realized that I'd gone too far.
Our friendship didn't really work out too well after that and I still feel somewhat guilty...
- podperson 14y agoOnce upon a time a good friend tried to convert me to Scientology. That didn't work out so well for our friendship either. All I did was ask to see him levitate...
- hkmurakami 14y agoThis reminds me of Jeff Bezos' anecdote about telling his grandmother how much her smoking had shortened her life. http://www.princeton.edu/main/news/archive/S27/52/51O99/index.xml?section=&path=/main/news/archive/S27/52/51O99/index.xml&next=1 http://www.princeton.edu/main/news/archive/S27/52/51O99/inde...
- dreamdu5t 14y agoWow... that speech is amazing.
- writetoalok 14y agoReminds me of the Harry Potter books. Somewhere in those stories, Dumbledore comments: "We are what we choose".