How does electricity know which is the path of least resistance?
In: Physics
For the same reason a ball will roll in the steepest direction. It’s kinda just…how the universe works. The direction that allows for the quickest decrease in potential energy is the direction that something will travel if given the opportunity. In general, the lower the potential energy, the “more stable” that state is, and the universe is quite interested in the most stable, least energetic state in basically every circumstance.
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