I'm diving into theoretical physics as a psychologist and process facilitator.
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I'm diving into theoretical physics as a psychologist and process facilitator. I'm trying to understand how core concepts like energy, velocity, direction, force, weight, gravity, friction and acceleration could help me understand things like why a meeting can feel like it sucks your energy, why going fast without a clear direction doesn't get you to your goal, why interruptions and contradictions during a meeting can turn up the temperature (heat) for good or worse.
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I'm diving into theoretical physics as a psychologist and process facilitator. I'm trying to understand how core concepts like energy, velocity, direction, force, weight, gravity, friction and acceleration could help me understand things like why a meeting can feel like it sucks your energy, why going fast without a clear direction doesn't get you to your goal, why interruptions and contradictions during a meeting can turn up the temperature (heat) for good or worse.
My physics understanding is close to non-existent, so I really am starting from scratch. I'm watching "Freshman courses" like this and learn a lot about the basic concepts: https://youtu.be/VGZy1VP-4gI?si=yxYZCM3uoj9P_03I
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I'm diving into theoretical physics as a psychologist and process facilitator. I'm trying to understand how core concepts like energy, velocity, direction, force, weight, gravity, friction and acceleration could help me understand things like why a meeting can feel like it sucks your energy, why going fast without a clear direction doesn't get you to your goal, why interruptions and contradictions during a meeting can turn up the temperature (heat) for good or worse.
@malte Sounds like you are looking at Classical aka Newtonian Mechanics.
I'm curious how well it works as a metaphor for, non kinetic, human interaction.
All methaphors are of course wrong but some are very usefull. -
@malte Sounds like you are looking at Classical aka Newtonian Mechanics.
I'm curious how well it works as a metaphor for, non kinetic, human interaction.
All methaphors are of course wrong but some are very usefull.@johnrohde Yes, I think a fitting description of what I'm researching is the classical mechanics of human systems. I'm not sure it is a metaphor, so I'll keep that as an open question! Myself, I'm leaning on the hypothesis that there's a physical dimension to all human systems and that the physical concepts are the same. There's something particular to the physics of human interactions, but the physical laws are generally isomorphic.
