Strings and LIGO: what they have in common
- Step 1. Strings — is part of — Guitar. Six strings.
- Step 2. Guitar — evolved into — Electric guitar. Electrification.
- Step 3. Electric guitar — has part — Potentiometer. The volume and tone knobs on an electric guitar are potentiometers.
- Step 4. Potentiometer — is part of — Perceptron. Potentiometers set the weights.
- Step 5. Perceptron — has part — Photodiode. Photocells read the image.
- Step 6. Photodiode — is part of — LIGO. A photodetector of the interference.