Electricity & Witch_hunter
Electricity
Hey, I’m obsessed with the idea that the legends of witches summoning thunder are basically early science experiments—what if they were secretly playing with the same forces we’re now harnessing in lightning rods and high‑power discharge? Let’s dig into the physics behind those myths and see what real tech could have inspired them.
Witch_hunter
That’s a fascinating angle, but I’m not convinced the old witch tales were covert labs. Lightning is just a massive discharge of static electricity, and the physics behind it—electric fields, charge buildup, corona effects—was only understood in the 17th century with people like Gilbert and Franklin. The myth of a witch striking the sky probably just reflects early attempts to explain a natural phenomenon, not a real experimental setup.