Impossible Questions

[Beefbisquit]

When YOU choose for it not to be a table. Tables change in every society. So in the end, it's only your view on what a table is that matters. do you consider a stool chair a table? If not, some people might. Which means I can't answer that one.

well maybe I can actually.. TABLE: "a piece of furniture with a flat top and one or more legs, providing a level surface on which objects may be placed, and that can be used for such purposes as eating, writing, working, or playing games." I guess when it can't serve it's purpose is when a table is no longer a table. Ignore the first part of my post

One molecule of water doesn't feel wet, how many water molecules does it take to produce 'wetness'?

 

[tyler.durden]

One molecule of water doesn't feel wet, how many water molecules does it take to produce 'wetness'?

I've always liked this definition of a molecule - The smallest portion of a substance that still retains the properties of that substance. A single water molecule (the combination of two hydrogen atoms and one oxygen atom) has the same attributes as many water molecules, including its 'wetness', but I guess we couldn't experience such a miniscule amount of wetness unless we scaled our size way, way down

 

[Beefbisquit]

I've always liked this definition of a molecule - The smallest portion of a substance that still retains the properties of that substance. A single water molecule (the combination of two hydrogen atoms and one oxygen atom) has the same attributes as many water molecules, including its 'wetness', but I guess we couldn't experience such a miniscule amount of wetness unless we scaled our size way, way down

Even when your hands are parched and at their driest, they still have more than a single water molecule on them..

 

[Padawanbater2]

Why do living organisms die?

What happens after death?

 

[NevaSmokedOut]

why are movies from the past being remade over and over again.

 

[Hepheastus420]

One molecule of water doesn't feel wet, how many water molecules does it take to produce 'wetness'?

The definition of wet literally means covered in water or another type of liquid. Water is a liquid, and we'd describe liquids as WET. The reason we ask what do we consider wet is because it's a man made word. We gave it a definition, and the definition is
"covered or saturated with water or another liquid."

To "produce wetness", you'd just need water at any amount. To consider it wet (drenched.. soaked..moist.. damp) by your terms requires your own opinion. (I like tyler's answer alot more)


Classic impossible question.. if a tree falls in the woods and there's nobody around nor any way for us to listen in on what's happening (leaving some kind of microphone near the tree), does it make a sound?

 

[Hepheastus420]

why are movies from the past being remade over and over again.

Because they thought "oh hey, this movie made thousands of dollars, if we remake it, maybe the same fans will buy it again in hopes that they find a movie they enjoy".. They were spot on. Which is why crappy remakes still sell. Sometimes you should just let a movie rest in peace.

 

[Padawanbater2]

TClassic impossible question.. if a tree falls in the woods and there's nobody around nor any way for us to listen in on what's happening (leaving some kind of microphone near the tree), does it make a sound?

Never understood this question..

Of course it makes a sound. The absence of human ears to hear it doesn't negate the sound it makes as it falls.

I suspect the question is asking something other than I'm understanding..

 

[Beefbisquit]

The definition of wet literally means covered in water or another type of liquid. Water is a liquid, and we'd describe liquids as WET. The reason we ask what do we consider wet is because it's a man made word. We gave it a definition, and the definition is
"covered or saturated with water or another liquid."

To "produce wetness", you'd just need water at any amount. To consider it wet (drenched.. soaked..moist.. damp) by your terms requires your own opinion. (I like tyler's answer alot more)


Classic impossible question.. if a tree falls in the woods and there's nobody around nor any way for us to listen in on what's happening (leaving some kind of microphone near the tree), does it make a sound?

That's not true. You have water on your hands right now, but they're not wet.

 

[Dislexicmidget2021]

What is the nature of mind itself?