What happens to a white rock when you throw it into the Red Sea?

It gets wet.

Classical Physics

Well, it was funny when I was eleven years old. But it got me to thinking about rocks (actually, it was the other way around, but this makes a better intro) ...

You see, most of my career, I worked in the mental health field. Much of it was in direct service to folks dealing with debilitating illnesses, such as schizophrenia and bi-polar disorder, problems specific to their brains. At different times, I worked in a state hospital and in a community mental health center where I witnessed all manner of effects of these conditions.

Quantum Mechanics

After some years, I became intrigued by so-called normal thought processes, as opposed to the troubled thought processes of those with whom I worked in Mental Health. Finally, I came to realize that there really was no such thing as pure rational thought, in that all thinking was heavily influenced by emotions.

Relativity

Truth be told, I pretty much suspect that thinking and feeling are companion functions of the same brain-based mental systems; one doesn't really occur without the other. But I've ranted about that elsewhere in my blogs, so I won't get into it again here.

Let's just say that these photos represent my approach to thinking about physics without actually ... uh, how to say this? ... without actually thinking about physics, I guess. Maybe I'll call it quantum thinking because ... well, just because. If you have to ask, then maybe you shouldn't.

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Photo credits, from top: Ajith on flickr; publicdomainpictures.net; ibid.