It shouldn't be a surprise that I'm going to to take this opportunity to talk about physics.
The wackiest thing about physics, I think, is that it all makes sense. Everything in the universe, all the chaos and randomness, can be boiled down to a handful of numbers. The universe isn't governed by just a few laws, it follows a very strict code. There are about 20 universal constants that keep popping up when physics meets mathematics. They're always there, in a spooky way. And not just these numbers, but others as well. Take the geometric series of 0, 3, 6, 12, 24... and then add four to each number and divide by ten. The result is 0.4, 0.7, 1.0, 1.6, 2.8.... This set of numbers just so happens to be the ratio of distances between the planets and the sun. Mercury is .387 AU from the sun. Venus is .723 AU from the sun, Earth is 1 AU, and so on. This symmetry appears to be a coincidence, yet it is an incredibly exact proportion. There's only one word for it: strange. And that's what physics is, that is why I like physics so much. It is strange.
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