How I Became a Dissident Peeling Potatoes
| Article | |
|---|---|
| Title | How I Became a Dissident Peeling Potatoes |
| Author(s) | Toshiyasu Abe |
| Published in | Beyond Mainstream |
| Date | 2019-08-15 |
| Subject area | Physics |
| Topics | inertia, Newton |
Read online | Read the full article |
Archived copy | Archived version |
| Retrieved | 2026-07-23 |
"How I Became a Dissident Peeling Potatoes" is an autobiographical article by Toshiyasu Abe published on 15 August 2019 on Beyond Mainstream.
Abe traces his dissent to a physics lesson at fourteen or fifteen, when he was taught Newton's first law and could not accept it: that a body should continue in motion with nothing sustaining it struck him as requiring a cause that the law declined to supply. He notes that inertia is still explained inconsistently — some hold it is caused by a force, while mainstream physics treats it as a natural tendency requiring none.