Think of all the gunfights you have witnessed in western and gangster movies. The bad guy almost always draws first but the good guy always wins. Why is the good guy usually the winner? Why is the bad guy always the loser? Most of us based on our movie experiences intuit this to be a Hollywood invention. After all, how can the bad guys always lose drawing first? How can the fastest gun lose?
The will to act, from the setting up of the intention and its eventual realization by the muscles, takes longer than the reaction itself? The noble-prize winning physicist Niels Bohr noted an interesting phenomena. During gunfights in western and gangster movies, Bohr noted that the gangster or cowboy who drew first always lost. This outcome had nothing to do with who was the bad guy and who was the good guy.
You can experiment with this hypothesis yourself by setting up mock duels with toy guns. You, too will find that whomever draws first will lose. Invariably, you will find that Bohr’s observation will prove to be correct. A new theory, was formulated, prophetic in a way, of a policy that came to be called nuclear deterrence. In the theory, when two cowboys face each other in a showdown, all they can do is talk, because both know that the one who shoots first will die.
As an experiment, set up a mock duel with toy guns with a friend. You will find that whomever draws first will lose. The noble-prize winning physicist Niels Bohr first noticed this interesting phenomena. Bohr noted in movies that the gangster or cowboy who drew first always lost. Intrigued, he decided to test this observation and set up mock duels between students. He found the student who drew first always lost. This outcome had nothing to do with who was the bad guy and who was the good guy.
Neils Bohr’s observations led to the conclusion that the will to act, from the setting up of the intention and its eventual realization by the muscles, takes longer than the reaction itself. The person who draws first must think and will to act.. The other person simply reacts. This realization led to the policy of nuclear deterrence. In the theory, when two cowboys face each other in a showdown, all they can do is talk, because both know that the one who shoots first will die.
MICHAEL MICHALKO
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