If I drive my car through a corner slowly I’ll be fine. If I go fast, the car will skid off the road. All the materials are the same, the execution is the same. The only difference is over what amount of time this happens? The example is not important, the same goes for pretty much anything. Filling a bottle, ripping a sheet of paper..
I understand this from a intuitive perspective, but I wonder if someone can explain why time matters in physics in a simple way. What is the fundamental difference between doing something fast vs. slow.
I’m sure this is a silly question if you know some thermal dynamics or special relativity, but remember, I’m only 5!
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Look the other way around.
TIME IS THE RESULT:
You want to do a turn in half time, you need twice the force.
You wanna get somewhere in less time, you need to go faster.
You wanna oxidate petrol in a long time? Leave your tank sitting there for 6 years with a little vent, and it will become mostly water and CO2, you wanna oxidate the same petrol fast? Set it on fire.
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