<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div dir="auto" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Weasels to Wonder <div class=""><b class=""><br class=""></b><div style="margin: 0in;" class="">I think we all know that human communication<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in;" class="">can be as hazy as a swarm of sloths floating on air, and<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in;" class="">even though I speak something clear as Arizona sky<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in;" class="">you hear Greek translated into German and<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in;" class="">retranslated into Urdu and spoken<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in;" class="">after a hit of Jamaican weed.<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in;" class="">This is where some simple Science can help.<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in;" class="">Brains are made of molecules, themselves made of atoms,<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in;" class="">mostly of Hydrogen, Oxygen, and Carbon <o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in;" class="">which are powered by electrons.<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in;" class="">Hydrogen electrons spin round their nuclei at 1364 mph,<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in;" class="">which is pretty damn fast. Brains message our middle fingers<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in;" class="">up to 275 mph. Our devices can send voice or text at<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in;" class="">light speed, which is about 186,000 Scotties per second.<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in;" class="">The simplest example is talking to another person 6 feet away or more.<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in;" class="">Sound travels at 761 mph at sea level, pretty good there.<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in;" class="">Problems come the last six cerebral inches when<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in;" class="">our truths travel through ears to others’ ids for<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in;" class="">reconstruction and mucking up. This processing takes<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in;" class="">about 1 - 4 hours depending pretty much on entire life stories.<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in;" class="">This is why things go wrong.<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in;" class="">But back to that Arizona sky, which is what I have been<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in;" class="">under while tranced by the Grand Canyon, first time<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in;" class="">I’ve seen it, biggest scar on the earth, and most<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in;" class="">of my electrons have taken the day off<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in;" class="">and I have no idea how I can ever<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in;" class="">tell you how my life has changed<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in;" class="">from weasels to wonder in<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in;" class="">the last tick of the tock<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in;" class="">so stay still with me<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in;" class="">please, please.<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in;" class="">Wow.<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in;" class=""><b class=""> </b></div><div style="margin: 0in;" class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="font-weight: bold; white-space: pre;"> </span>- Gregory White</div></div></div></body></html>