The Wishing Well

I like to walk around in the Southglenn Maul. I do it from time to time in all seasons. Good exercise. Lately I have been fascinated by what I call 'the black hole of Galileo.'

They call it 'The Wishing Well.' It is a physical vortex made of plastic which resembles the visual representation of a Black Hole. The main idea of The Wishing Well is that you have an opportunity do an experiment. The Wishing Well asks you the question, "Will a heavy coin go down the Wishing Well before a light coin?" If you are at all interested in Science and you have a few coins in your pocket you will not be able to resist the appeal of The Wishing Well. You will do the experiment. Furthermore you may remember Galileo's experiment with the inclined plane where he proved that the weight (mass) of falling objects has no bearing on how fast they fall. You will do the experiment. You will time various coins as they make their way down the Wishing Well. You will be surprised by the result if you remember Galileo.

I don't want to spoil the experiment for you so I will stop here. Later I might launch into some sort of esoteric analysis of Galileo vs The Wishing Well. Maybe not.

I think we can wrap this up now. I have reached the point of alcoholic unreliability. Any further posts will be done to my drog. I wish you all a happy 4th of July.