Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Contest
Welcome to the second quasi-annual "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" contest. You are
each invited to submit to me by email a short answer to the question: which of
the electric flux or electric flow (potential) is more like Dr. Jekyll and
which is more like Mr. Hyde? I will post all of your solutions to the course
website on the morning of Tuesday, Nov 22th.
Your submissions will be "peer-reviewed" by yourselves, under the
criteria of physical insight, persuasiveness, cleverness, and humour. Each
person can cast one vote to myself by email, and the winner will be announced
during class on Monday Nov 28. First-place prize will be 20 bonus HW points,
second place 15, third place 10, and honorable mention of 5 points to all
participants.
Entry #1 1st place
Entry #2 2nd place
Entry #3 Honorable mention
Entry #4 3rd place
Last year's winning response:
From Wikipedia: "This idea represents a concept in Western culture, that of
the inner conflict of humanity's sense of good and evil. In particular the
story has been interpreted as an examination of the duality of human nature
(that good and evil exists in all), and that the failure to accept this
tension (to accept the evil or shadow side) results in the evil being
projected onto others. If someone banishes all evil to the unconscious mind
in an attempt to be wholly and completely good, it can result in the
development of a Mr Hyde-type aspect to that person's character. This failure
to accept the tension of duality is related to Christian theology, where
Satan's fall from Heaven is due to his refusal to accept that he is a created
being (that he has a dual nature) and is not God."
Conclusion: the flux is Satan (evil). Also, evil can be projected, and since
flux is a vector, it can also be projected. :)
Christopher Crawford