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The Demon Theory of Friction

by Eric Rogers

How do you know that it is friction that brings a rolling ball to a
stop and not demons? Suppose you answer this, while a neighbor,
Faustus, argues for demons. The discussion might run thus:

You: I don't believe in demons.
Faustus: I do.
You: Anyway, I don't see how demons can make frction.
Faustus: They just stand in front of things and push to stop them from moving.
You: I can't see any demons even on the roughest table.
Faustus: They are too small, also transparent.
You: But there is more friction on rough surfaces.
Faustus: More demons.

Believe it or not, this, the Time Cube page, and the Postmodernism Generator all came out of a search on Wikipedia for Dietrich Bonhoeffer. Isn't the Internet great?

"So, how's the Internet today?"

"Off its meds."

Posted by: ryan at February 2, 2005 8:59 PM

The PoMo Random generator is great. The Internet is great. What did we do before it?

Posted by: Jonathan at February 2, 2005 11:31 PM