The Theory of Things

One time — when I was a chubby little five-year-old who required a step-stool to reach the sink and believed in the tooth fairy — I went in search of my older sister in order for her to help me do "science-y things". I was bored, persistent, and wanting to conduct an experiment, so I convinced her to help me set one up. This complex, mind-boggling experiment consisted of food coloring, milk, and my favorite, although slightly faded, Disney Princess cereal bowl. It went something like this: carefully (or, not so carefully) place drops of food coloring into milk, mix it a little, drop in another color, and see what happens. And repeat. I was an overexcited, knowledge-hungry preschooler who defied all kinds of organized action (see: mad scientist), so I abandoned the scientific method entirely, ignored any thought of research, and didn't think to leave a write up of my fantastic findings for future generations. This was my first (somewhat) organized science experiment, ...

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