I was thinking in terms of the time my teen son wondered what would happen if he put a can of canned potatoes in a Fry Daddy, Deep Oil Cooker. Good GrieF what a mistake! Almost burned the house down!
I was thinking in terms of the dude here who put a jar of mollases in his Hydro resorvoir tank and "wondered if it would help". .
But I agree, what if Benjamin Frankin had not wondered what would happen if he tied a key to a kite string in a Lightening storm?