Physics Meets Philosophy

(a short and sweet blog posting)

It just occurred to me this evening:

Newton's third law of motion, the law of reciprocal actions (“for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction”), is basically a scientific explanation/application for the concept of yin and yang in physical reality.

Some searching on Google quickly showed that many other people have already contemplated this notion. I guess that's what happens when one has studied both physics and Chinese philosophy...

For fun, here is an oldschool picture of me defying physics: