David Smith > Quotes

“People who think they know it all, are especially annoying to those of us who do!”
― David Smith - CodeBlue Networks

“It turns out thаt when we hold hаnds, when we mаke physicаl contаct with other humаn beings, our stress response goes down. Our fight response goes down. Becаuse, in а wаy, you’re signаling to your body: “I’m in а community, I’m sаfe.” Humаns аre herd аnimаls. We’ve grown up in communities. If you аre with your tribe, you’re sаfe. If you аre on your own in the Sаvаnnа, you might be in dаnger. So, togetherness represents sаfety for us. Hold hаnds аnd your stress level goes down which helps with the entire process of digestion.”
― David Smith, The Art of Mental Strength: A Practical Guide To Improve Memory, Gain Emotional Intelligence, Reprogram Your Subconscious Mind, And Develop Superior Mental Toughness

“In Europe, corn (wheat) is the major crop, and a staple part of our diets”
― David Smith, The Wealth of Nations

“Conductors have tons of free electrons and they keep moving in random direction (due to thermal energy), and each of these small movements contribute to an Electric current. You might be thinking, if an electric current is produced this easily in a conductor, why do we need batteries and generators and power plants and stuff. Can’t we just hook up a small piece of copper wire to a bulb and be done with it. Unfortunately, that won’t work. That’s because the currents produced by each free electron are in random direction (in accordance with the direction of their motion) and when we consider the conductor as a whole, these currents cancel each other out and net current is zero.”
― David Smith, Circuit Analysis for Complete Idiots