Kylo Ren the dog: Mom gets mad a bit too easily, as is evidenced in her last blog. Getting mad over tea? C’mon mom! I saw my mom fuming over tea (while drinking tea, haha), and I was observing her. I could actually see the heat emanating from her head. I thought I better take a closer look. So I ran to her. As I got closer, I found that she looked cooler. But if I sat down, she looked hotter. Hmm, I was intrigued!

To confirm my hypothesis, I ran around at top speed multiple times and then sat down many times (until mom yelled at me to settle down). Each time mom looked cooler when I was running than when I sat down. How could I see the heat, you may ask. At this question, I would like to (not so) humbly point out my dog powers that allow me to observe physical phenomena more acutely than the humans.

I puzzled over this observation. Obviously mom’s head wasn’t actually getting hotter and cooler because of me. And then it came to me. Daisy the chicken told me the other day that she had read in the newspaper about the theory of relativity discovered by Einstein. According to Einstein’s calculations, a body should appear cooler to a moving observer than an observer at rest. Bam! So I wasn’t going crazy!

Clever fellow, this Einstein. I googled him a bit and there’s a thing or two that my mom could learn from Einstein. For instance, Einstein thought that one should view world’s problems with a puzzle mindset. This means, rather than despairing at them, like she often does, one should view them as a puzzle. With this approach, you may be able to find a fresh approach to solving them.

I can relate to what Einstein is saying here. Just like him, I don’t despair over world’s problems. Just so you know, I am more intimately familiar with some of the world’s problems than humans. Now before you scoff, let me bring your attention to the salted sidewalks. You humans with your cozy boots may not realize, but the salt cuts through our delicate paws. But do I despair? Do I shrink in a corner and refuse to go for a walk? Nope! I get right out and solve this puzzle to the best of my capacity. This involves walking in the snow and cleaning my paws in puddles as much as possible.

Another world problem: have you noticed the quality of dog food? Well, my friends, let me tell you. It’s the worst! They use things like roadkill and rancid fat in dog food. But do I despair? No sir! I just refuse to eat my food until mom cooks special dinners every night with some real meat (freshly cooked and frozen).

In fact, if I look at Einstein’s seven rules for a better life (you can find it in references below), I think I follow them all! As I have mentioned in my previous blogs, I am very smart.

Daisy the chicken: Oh, enough with the self praise, Kylo Ren. Before you climb your high horse, allow me to remind you that it was I who told you about Einstein.

I like Einstein. He looks like the right kind of rooster. You don’t believe me? Check out his pictures. He has perfect hair for a nice nesting box! But yes, there’s a lot more than that that Einstein has to offer. Einstein did get one thing wrong though. He thought that one shouldn’t allow politics fill one with despair or rage. But, how is that possible? We the chickens live and breathe politics. It’s called the pecking order. By now our avid readers know all about the pecking order. If I go down this order, I am filled with despair. If a chicken tries to push me down, I rage at her and won’t shy away from plucking her feathers or jumping at her with my Kung Fu moves and loud squawks. I think such rules can be applied to humans who work under a large political framework that is disparate from their lives. As long as they pay some money, they can ignore politics. But for the hands on, self governed species such as chickens, this rule doesn’t apply.

But, don’t you feel bad Einstein. You still da rooster!

Ps: Take Kylo Ren’s take on relativistic thermodynamics with a pinch of salt!

References:

https://bigthink.com/starts-with-a-bang/einstein-rules-better-life/

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-017-17526-4