"Look students! Now that you are here, there is something I need you to understand. This will help you go a long way in what you will become as you grow up to be professionals in different fields that you will choose in life. But in order for me to show you that, we will conduct a thought experiment, nothing fancy though just the usual" said the professor, and he continued with "Alex! If I ask you to take this pen that is laying on the desk in front of you, pick it up and let it fall to the ground, do you think you would be able to do that?"
Some girls giggle, some boys chuckle, some just ignore the professor and the nerds look on. After a 5 minutes pause Alex replies
"Unless its a trick question sir, I don't see why I can not. Its the most easiest of tasks"
"It not a trick question or a riddle of any sort at all" there is a sparkle in the professors eyes, and wonder in his voice. "You use force to pick the pen up and when you let it fall, gravity pulls it towards itself. You can repeat this, anyone can repeat this and they will all reach the same conclusion"
The students do not know what to make of it. They look at each other, hoping someone else would have an answer.
"But what does it have to do with anything else?" asked Alex
"If I were to tell you that you my grandma told me that it couldn't be done. How would you react?"
It was getting crazier by the minute. First pens. then falling to the ground and now his grandma? But no one dared say anything
"Come on guys. You can be absolutely honest with me here. How will you react if my grandma told you that you couldn't do that?
"I think the best way would be to just show it to her" Said another student
"What if even after seeing she didn't believe you" asked the professor
"Well then, I will just let her be. I guess I cant force her into something, and I don't need to frankly. She can think whatever she wants to. Whatever floats her boat"
"thats very good. I am really happy you said it. Now, just promise me that you will always remember the answer you gave me today. and that you will always live by this answer. No matter how strong or powerful the opposition be and with this, your lesson is over. There is however, one little thing I want to add. Just remember that this pen can be half its size and you can still do what you said you can. It can be a hundred times smaller or a hundred times bigger and if you can use the necessary force to lift it, it will always fall to the ground. or it can be a million trillion times bigger. The same rule still applies right? good. now off you go. Your lesson is complete for the day and hey by the way, my grandma is dead"
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