Investigations
Every long piece on this site, research and interests alike, newest first. Each one was taken apart into mechanisms, and each mechanism was checked against independent sources before a claim was allowed to stand.
The Physics of Tennis
Open ›Everything the body does is compressed into the racket's state at first contact (velocity, face angle, impact point, inertia).
The Physics of Striking
Open ›When a strike comes at your head the body fires a brainstem defence before any fear exists and sets its strength by how close the strike is predicted to land.
The Physics of Built Space
Open ›A room acts on the body through its light, its sound, its air and what is in view, and each of those acts is measured at the occupant.
The Physics of Longevity
Open ›No instrument on the body, and no biological-age test, reads the rate of aging.
The Physics of Guitar Tone
Open ›The signal path from string to speaker is not an unbroken electrical circuit: the waveform stays continuous in value, but its conductor is broken at the air gap.
The Physics of Driving at the Limit
Open ›A tire's footprint is already sliding at its rear from the first instant of slip.
The Physics of Diving
Open ›The fatal node of a dive is the ascent, not the problem that came before it.
The Physics of the Ferrari Luce: Why It Looks Like That
Open ›Why Does All Music Sound the Same?
Open ›Do LLMs Actually Understand? The Evidence for Compressed Human Knowledge
Open ›The Physics of Elite Military Teams
Open ›How Do You Actually Carve on Skis?
Open ›How Do You Get Into Flow State?
Open ›The Physics of Alcaraz vs Sinner
Open ›What Is Aesthetic Taste, Really?
Open ›The Physics of Sleep
Open ›How Do You Actually Win at Poker?
Open ›Why Does Music Feel So Good?
Open ›Why Are Luxury Goods So Expensive?
Open ›How Does Jazz Improvisation Actually Work?
Open ›How Do Mechanical Watches Work?
Open ›Why Is Ferrari So Expensive?
Open ›The Physics of Virality
Open ›How Do You Actually Win a Negotiation?
Open ›The Physics of Teaching and Learning
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Michael Quoc is the founder of Product.ai. Every page on this site was researched with Axiomatic Intelligence.