Lab 4 Post - Modeling the World

In the Modeling the World lecture, we once again talk about symbols and their uses. But this time we talk about symbols and how they date back all the way to Aristotle. In this time period we used our first numeric symbols in Physics. I like how this lecture incorporates how symbols were also recognized by some very famous faces such as Galileo, Issaac Newton, and Heinrich Hertz.

I thought that the exercise we did in class with the attacker and defender was great. You could really tell the difference in the way the group moved when we switched roles. It was interesting to see the change and then to acutally observe the change on the slide.

With the other examples given about the escape route, this is something that we encounter everyday. I have had multiple experiences where there are many doors available yet the large crowd always tries to squeeze through one door. Why we do this still remains a question to me. A lot of the time we just do what the rest of the crowd is doing, but I think that we need to branch out and be different. It is a vital part of life that we all must have in order to survive. If we would have followed a large group around in trying to escape from a fire (like was shown in the demonstration) then we would just burn; but if we branch out and try to find out own route, then maybe we can escape.