Destructive interference

We all go through some days, and some go through every day, with a song in their head. For some, it’s the same song every day and some play multiple albums per hour within the confines of their noggin. But before we look at this, there is something else worth mentioning first. There is a phenomenon that occurs in physics quite often, but I think occurs in social metaphysics quite a bit more. That is destructive interference, on in physics, when two waves are out of phase and cancel one another’s effects, partially or totally. But I am convinced another sort of destructive interference occurs, at least more observably often, and that is in the metaphorical sense. That is, when two people are playing different songs in their head, likely in a totally different genre, and the themes from their theme song are in conflict. One person may not be able to get Daniel Powter’s “Bad Day” song unstuck from playing on repeat in their heads while Owl City’s “It’s Always a Good Time” is on perpetual play in another person’s aura. When these two paths – or waves, if you will – cross the interference can be destructive. That is, temperaments that are tuned to the frequency of two different beats can collide in a way that does not lead to constructive…anything, be it criticism or interference. It is good to be aware that if one runs into conflict, it may be that the tuning fork of their inner radio is on a different frequency from their counterpart, and while one person is playing John Newton’s “Amazing Grace” the other person is playing AC/DC’s “Highway to Hell”.