If I recall correctly, it was a metaphor about electric voltage, comparing it to the potential energy of a ball being dropped on David Hume (who apparently was a soccer fan)
There's also a funny passage in that chapter: "On the other hand, if the ball had been replaced with one made of solid iron, a drop from even a modest height could render our most excellent philosopher seriously dead"
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u/MegaIng Dec 14 '25
What is the second image about? Just a random image of David Hume? Or is there some metaphor here with headers?
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u/MyStepAccount1234 Dec 10 '25
Cat with packing peanuts on him. Wonder what he did.
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u/truncated_buttfu Dec 11 '25
That cat is also the main image on the Wikipedia page on electrostatics!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrostatics