Q-stuff, just q-stuff

Also fixing your bike is a TAD easier than fixing your car....

I would not put auto mechanics in the category of "you either know how or you don't" but that's just me.

1 hour ago, Fool_Hardy said:

It is not a sign of a lack knowledge when someone can not fix things, it is a sign of a lack of understanding of what is doing what.

I fail to see the difference, if you understand what is doing what then you have knowledge on the subject, if you don't then you lack knowledge.

I cannot fix the engine in my car, it is because I lack the knowledge of what is doing what in an engine. Nobody is born knowing how to fix an engine, you learn how.

Bicycles, Skateboards, and teeter-totters.

If I ask you how a bicycle works, how would you answer?

Applied force to the crank shaft transfers energy through the gear reduction system (chain and sprockets) to create a power exchange ration where one full revolution on the pedals provides 2 revolutions to the rear tire. According to the first law of motion what happens next?

If I ask How does a skateboard work, how would you answer?

Ball bearings increase the effectiveness of the wheels under the board to provide greater return from forward thrust. The t-bar and bushings create soft stable rocking of the wheels to provide greater steering.

If I ask you how a teeter totter works, how would you answer? Clevis Brackets wrap around a solid beam and create a fulcrum  the center of the beam (lever). Applied force on either end of the lever will provide equal and opposite force at the levers other end.

The point is, no one taught me these things. I merely observed everything, pushed here, pulled there, turned this, spun that.

My grand daughter is one, She has many toys. Her favorite thing to play with, the castors on her stroller. She wants it tipped over so she can spin the wheels and the castors, am I teaching her how they work? No. Did anyone need to tell her they rolled? No.

There are seven kinds of intelligence, most people only excel at a few of them, almost every person suffers in at least one of the areas.

• Musical-rhythmic and harmonic.
• Visual-spatial.
• Verbal-linguistic.
• Logical-mathematical.
• Bodily-kinesthetic.
• Interpersonal.
• Intrapersonal.
• Naturalistic

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Some people would simply use the phrase mechanically inclined to describe any member of my family. Its in our nature to figure out how things work. No one has to tell us. no one ever even asked us to try, its where our thoughts are drawn to. Even from the cradle.

Yah but there is a big difference in observing how a teeter totter works vs observing how an internal combustion engine works. And even if you understand the principle it takes knowledge and training and the right tools to fix it.

I just like quests. :(

On 13/10/2017 at 9:25 PM, Fool_Hardy said:

Controlling force never needs to be learned. You either understand it or you do not.

Well I do not think so.

I think a person can learn anything.

Some people are indeed predisposed to learning some things faster than others, but hard work beats talent in the end.

This is the logic I  follow in life, and I think this is the right and healthy logic to follow. Even if it might not be true, it is still the right one to follow and live by.

Mechanically inclined just means it is easier for your brain to process things of mechanical nature like how a internal combustion engine works. While Joe may take longer to understand what the venturi effect is in a carburetor, Bob picked it up right away. On the other hand Joe may understand the intricacies of subnetting, while Bob is lost in the sauce. That doesn't mean Bob cannot learn it.

I agree with F0xx, hard work can get you where you want to go even if it takes longer to learn.

Show me a person who doesn't inherently understand applied force and I'll show you an infant.  Or a vegetable.  Or an infant vegetable.

Just because some can't articulate what's going on, doesn't mean that applied force isn't understood, even subconsciously.  If we didn't, we couldn't stand, much less walk.

1 hour ago, Magick said:

Show me a person who doesn't inherently understand applied force and I'll show you an infant.  Or a vegetable.  Or an infant vegetable.

What you are describing is not understanding. It's intuition.

A little kid might know how to drive a bicycle but it doesn't understand the forces that keep the bicycle up and not falling over its side.

It doesn't even understand the fact that a bicycle doesn't need a human to stay up, as long as its running.

Fair point and bad example.  I blame hunger for my lack of reasoning before I posted that.