potential_energy
stork daddy
increases
and
decreases
inversely
to
kinetic
energy
in
a
system
.
or
does
it
?
031121
...
ClairE
The
first
concept
I
was
introduced
to
that
I
was
immediately
disgusted
with
.
I
was
in
fourth
grade
.
An
eight_year_old
sitting
fuming, hooking
wires
to
batteries
and
filling
out
worksheets.
There's
just
got
to
be
a
better
way
to
explain
it
.
031126
...
x
potential
energy
is
a
theoretical
concept
,
which
by
definition
is
equal
and
opposite
to
kinetic
energy
.
031126
...
stork daddy
true
.
but
what
of
the
system
?
what
of
it
as
a
theoretical
concept
?
031201
...
Lemon_Soda
Theory
just
means
not
enough
people
agree
with
you
.
031201
...
zeke
i
remember
deciding
that
cold
was
not
a
force
unto
itself
but
rather
negative
heat
or
rather
a
localized
ambient
heat
gradient.
i
was
9
and
was
thinking
through
many
of
my
asumptions.
it
was
in
this
context
that
i
first
really
thought
about
a
concept
akin
to
potential
energy
.
thinking
about
the
transfer
of
energy
in
a
dynamic
gradient
system
forced
me
to
think
about
where
energy
is
at
any
given
time
and
how
it
moves
.
potential
energy
seems
to
me
to
act
in
a
curve
which
never
actually
reaches
absolute
zero
or
absolute
100
. singularities (
in
real
space
time
)
don't
exist
.
031211
...
()
(
energy
potential
)
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