of love and science

hey guys, i'm here to relieve the blogging duties of fajoo and gerbert. okay and zhu. haha

hmm... decided to blog 'cos we were having a very very interesting conversation yesterday on our way to henderson's. for the ill-informed, henderson's is the student care centre jilyn and i go to do CIP every friday. yup, so we meaning us + guanghao + siangee + grace [chiobu from arts (:]

so anyway, lemme introduce the main character. siangee, as gerb and hasu will know from the Laos trip. he's a Malaysian scholar who is really really nice, really really helpful, and also really really SCIENCE. yea so we were just talking about relationships and whether we were gonna get married and stuff. so siangee proclaimed that he probably wasn't gonna get married 'cos the idea of it doesn't appeal to him and he thinks that he can do more meaningful things with the time commited to the marriage. yup, that's all well and fine since everyone's entitled to their life goals.

then he told us about his theory of how science can actually be applied to love.

1. The Collision Theory

One of the most stable theories in the Physical Sciences is the Collisional Theory of Reaction Rates. According to this theory, product formation can only take place when there are "effective" collisions between reactant molecules involved in the rate determining step of the process. Simply having reactant molecules colliding is necessary but not sufficient in itself. The collisions have to be effective.

What constitutes an effective collision?
In order for a molecular collision to be effective it must meet two conditions:

1. The collision must have sufficient enough impact energy to overcome the Activation Energy.
2. The molecules must have a proper positioning for effective collisions to occur

sourcehttp://members.aol.com/logan20/ratetheo.html

in siangee's words, like 2 molecules, it's not sufficient for 2 people to just meet in order for sparks to occur. they have to be able to overcome the ACTIVATION ENERGY first, which may take any form at all. like parental consent, same religion yadda yadda. and even if all the circumstantial factors are favourable, it doesn't mean that a reaction will occur because there's still condition no. 2 to take care off. 2 people, even if they are right for each other, have to meet at the right time for anything to happen. yup, so the collision theory is in fact applicable in this aspect. afterall..... you and i COLLIDE

2. Le Chatelier's Principle

Basically, in accordance to Le Chatelier's Principle, when one party (like one side of the equation) is too hiong, the other party will resist and push back. Like the line from Britney Spears' Sometimes 'cos everytime you come to close i move away. However, if the one side is too passive, the other person has to be more pro-active in order for a dynamic equilibrium to be reached.

yep, so this is something interesting we thought we'd share with y'all. when siangee was explaining his theories we were all stunned like how does anyone uses scientific principles to explain such things. but we all found it really amusing yet true at the same time.

so anyway, have fun during the weekends. remember to sign up for SATs if u havent alrdy. deadline's 3 april. and lucks to all econs s pple with the -bleagh- belgium road pricing assignment.