Hot/Cold. You decide.
Today I learned how taste is transferred and I thought of an
interesting application to social interaction. I would like to hear
your thoughts on the matter.
In Jewish law ...
Taste is transferred through heat. Two foods will
exchange tastes when put under the right temperature. A cold piece of
chicken sitting in cold water will not transfer its taste into the
water. (Unless it remains there for a long time, which is another point
not for now) In order for the water to acquire the taste of the
chicken you need to turn on the stove and apply heat. Once the mixture
is hot enough they will exchange tastes.
In physics ...
When heat is applied to an object it causes the
molecules to separate, and if enough heat is applied the object will
turn into a gas. Think water into a vapor. When cold is applied to an
object the molecules get tighter and the object is made more solid.
Think water into ice.
The rule:
Heat spreads things out. Heat transfers tastes. Heat
spreads out molecules. Cold brings things tighter. Cold doesn't allow
transfer of taste. Cold tightens molecules.
In communities ...
Hot places will breed social circles where people
are spread out. Social circles where people are in general very
amiable and friendly. However, people in hot places don't develop
CLOSE relationships. Cold places will breed social circles where people
are more insular, keep to themselves. Social circles where people are
curt and bordering on rude. However, the people within their social
circles will be very tight, they will have close and meaningful
relationships.
