FOR INSTANCE, WE (THAT IS YOU AND I, WELL ME AND FREDDY TINGLEBOTTOM) FULLY UNDERSTAND THE PRICIPLE OF
E=MC2. WHERE E=ENERGY, M=MASS, AND C THE SPEED OF LIGHT X BY ITSELF. HOWEVER, AS YOU ALREADY KNOW, E=MC2 CANNOT EXEED THAT OF THE SPEED OF LIGHT.

AS WE ARE WELL AWARE, ENERGY AND MASS ARE BASICALY THE SAME. AN EXAMPLE OF THIS IS THAT IF YOU BURN A MATCH, THE MATCH GIVES OF ENERGY. IF WE COLLECT ALL OF THAT ENERGY, YOU REMEMBER, SMOKE, HEAT, GASES AND THE CHARED MATCH, WE WILL HAVE THE SAME MASS AND WEIGHT OF THE ORIGINAL.

TAKE A FIVE-POUND LUMP OF COAL, YOU REMEMBER COAL, THE BLACK STUFF WE USED TO BURN ON OUR FIRE. WELL, WHEN WE BURNED IT, THE COAL GAVE OFF LITTLE ENERGY. OH, WE COULD TOAST A SLICE OF BREAD, BUT IF WE COULD HARNESS THE POTENTIAL ENERGY OF THAT SAME LUMP OF COAL, WE COULD PRODUCE FIVE BILLION KILOWATT-HOURS OF ENERGY. AREN'T YOU JUST ITCHING TO TRY IT?

REMEMBER WHEN THE TEACHER ASKED US TO EXPLAIN WHAT GRAVITY IS, AND UP WOULD GO OUR EAGER HANDS, "PLEASE SIR, PLEASE SIR" AND THE LUCKY ONE GOT TO ANSWERE THE QUESTION.
Any pair of objects has a force of attraction between them that is proportional to the product of the masses, and inversely proportional to the square of the distance separating them.
GOLLY, THOSE WERE THE DAYS.

YOU KNOW, IT TOOK ME AGES TO UNDERSTAND THE PRINCIPLE OF SPEED, ACCELERATION, AND VELOCITY. IT WAS NOT UNTIL I WENT UP INTO FIFTH GRADE THAT IT EVENTUALLY SUNK IN. GEE, I WAS SLOW THEN.

CAN YOU STILL REMEMBER THE THEORY OF RELATIVITY, THE ONE PUT FORWARD BY ALBERT, (ALWAYS WANTED TO GIVE HIM A HAIR CUT) THAT WAS A CURLY ONE, WELL IT WAS FOR ME BEING ONLY THREE AT THE TIME, BUT I GOT IT IN THE END. IT WAS REALLY SIMPLE WASN'T IT? A PERSON IN A LIFT IS SEEN BY A PERSON ON THE OUTSIDE AS GOING DOWN, (OR UP WHICH EVER THE CASE MAY BE) HOWEVER, THE PERSON IN THE LIFT, BEING ENCLOSED, THINKS THAT THEY ARE STATIONARY, BEING ABLE TO WALK AROUND AND DO WHATEVER THEY DO IN LIFTS, HE SEES THE PEOPLE ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE LIFT GOING UP OR DOWN.

YOU ARE SITTING IN A STATIONARY TRAIN, WITH ANOTHER STATIONARY TRAIN NEXT TO YOU. THE OTHER TRAIN BEGINS TO MOVE OFF AND YOU THINK THAT IT IS YOUR TRAIN THAT IS MOVING, SO WHAT DO YOU DO? YOU JUMP OFF BECAUSE YOUR KIDS ARE STILL BUYING ICE CREAMS ON THE PLATFORM. MAKES YOU FEEL A RIGHT TWIT.

WHY CANT YOU LIFT YOURSELF UP WHEN STANDING IN A BUCKET. WHEN BECALMED IN A SAIL BOAT WHY CANT YOU JUST BLOW ON THE SAIL AND MOVE. NEWTON'S THREE LAWS OF MOTION. WHAT CAUSES A SONIC BOOM.
ALL SIMPLE STUFF.

WHAT GETS ME IS THE THOUGHT THAT THE LIKES OF YOU AND I HAVE ALL OF THIS KNOWLEDGE, BUT DO OUR KIDS ASKES US THE QUESTIONS? NOT ON YOUR LIFE, IT IS MOST FRUSTRATING SOMETIMES.

I ASKED A FRIENDS FIVE YEARS OLD “WHY CANT YOU SEE AN ATOM” YOU KNOW WHAT THEY SAID?
“DURRRR, WHAT'S AN ATOM?

MAKES YOU WANT TO WEEP.