Leadership Lessons: Magic of Science
I don’t know about you, but I see magic everywhere! One definition of magic is, “Of, relating to, or invoking the supernatural.” Another is, “Possessing distinctive qualities that produce unaccountable or baffling effects.” When something is “super” natural, it means it seems more than natural, right? Well, what’s natural?
When something is beyond the explainable “to me” is seems like magic. I wake up in the morning (no, that’s not the magic part!), and if I turn on the light or the music, I have no idea how the particular mechanisms works to bring light or music into the room. Sure, I understand the basics, but truly, who can explain electricity, light and sound? Not how it works but WHY?
Now, I know some of you are engineers and can probably explain those simple phenomena to me. However, as things get more complex, the magic seems even more amazing. What about how computers work to send an email to a friend, or that we can store hundreds of songs in a device that’s smaller than a wallet? Or that you can take blood out of my body, or hook me up to a machine and tell me all sorts of things about what’s going on inside me. Even driving my car is amazing. Continue reading ‘Leadership Lessons: Magic of Science’ »