by the Way . . .

You have heard the mantra, righty tighty, lefty loosey. All over this country, students in Shop 100 are being taught to BELIEVE that a turn of the screwdriver is a turn of the screw. Not that it is a theory, mind you, but a fact.

The scientific evidence for this is not only scanty and full of holes, but the common man can see that there has to be some invisible force, or plan, involved in what we commonly observe in fasteners. Let's look at the tip of the screwdriver, saving the screw for later. Most people are familiar with Heisenberg's uncertainly principle. Clear back in 1925 Werner demonstrated that when you are dealing with atoms and stuff, you just can't tell. Of course, you say, that is a theory too, but it is built on Niels Bohr's atom, a nucleus with little electrons twirling around in "special" orbits, but mostly open space. We learned that in high school.

So, common sense tells you that with all that open space on the tip of the screwdriver, and on the screw too, turning is going to be a sometimes thing. Good catch, Werner! Turning to the turn of the screw, Henry James certainly demonstrates, with the help of Miss (sic) Jessel, that something really spooky is going on.
Not to mention Schrodinger's Cat, a theory that rests on the unlikely prospect of stuffing a live cat in a box and not being able to tell if it is dead or alive. That is after it is in the box. Before that you can tell. Trust me.

If you still have any doubts about the screwdriver, let's go on your own experience. Of all those times you used a screwdriver, did the screw always turn?