The ground-breaking TV series "Why is it so?" with the enigmatic Professor Julius Sumner Miller ran on the ABC from 1963 to 1986. Professor Miller's infectious enthusiasm for physics delighted, educated and entertained generations of Australians, most of whom have at some point asked each other 'Why is it so?' in the characteristic Julius Sumner Miller voice.
I was totally mesmerised by Professor Julius Sumner Miller's laboratory experiments which were shown on the ABC's black-and-white television in the 1960s every week. The good professor has been dead since 1987, and so have been proper dress, proper haircuts, and proper speech. As for tattos and metal studs through the ears and nose, unthinkable then!
If he were still alive in today's crazy world, the good professor might turn away from physics to ask the following "Why is it so?" questions:
Why is it that when archaeologists find human remains, they always determine that they are either male or female but none of the other dozen-or-more genders?
How is it that the government can't control petrol prices, but the weather is something they can fix?
Why is it that we're churning out a generation of poorly educated people with no skill, no ambition, no guidance, and no realistic expectations of what it means to go to work?
Why are we told to lower our electricity usage on hot days to prevent overwhelming the electric grid while simultaneously being told to trade in our petrol cars for electric vehicles?
Why is cancelling student debt a good idea? Does it make sense to reward people who do not honour their financial commitment by taxing the people who do?
Why are we living in a time where intelligent people are silenced so that stupid people won’t be offended?
Why is talking sexually in the workplace considered sexual harassment to adults, but talking about sexuality to children in kindergarten is considered education?
If your electric car runs out of power on the highway, do you walk to a charging station to get a bucket of electricity?
If the most powerful governments on earth can't stop a virus from spreading, why do they say they can change the earth's temperature if you pay more taxes?
No answers to any of the above? Perhaps we should stick with far more commonsensical physics while nibbling on a piece of Cadbury Dairy Milk Chocolate which is still as it was in the 1960s albeit a whole lot dearer.
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