physics in the 17th century: pretty neat how feathers and lead cannonballs fall to earth at the same speeds, right?
physics in the 19th century: we’re all made of atoms
physics in the 20th century: remember time? one of the things that literally defines the universe as we know it? it can go faster if you’re around something really fucking big. sorry if that disturbs you, would you like to come take a nice bath in the radium water?
physics in the 21st century: literally everything is just a disruption of quantum fields. mater is just fucked up energy. the force field that creates mass could just permanently changed out of nowhere and it would create an ever-expanding bubble that physically annihilates the rules of the universe as we know them. let’s smash the fundamental particles of the universe together at 75% of the speed of light underground in switzerland and see what happens.
2016: Got a question for ya. What’s heavier.. a kilogramme of steel or a kilogramme of feathers? That’s right, it’s a kilogramme of steel, because steel is heavier than feathers.
