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  • blandfordforever@lemm.eetoScience Memes@mander.xyzDo you know the answer?
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    9 months ago

    Entertaining response but I disagree.

    I’m going to say that unless you’re allowed to select more than one answer, the correct answer is 25%. That’s either a or d.

    By doing something other than guessing randomly (seeing that 1 in 4 is 25% and that this answer appears twice), you now have a 50% chance of getting the answer correct. However, that doesn’t change the premise that 1 in 4 answers is correct. It’s still 25%, a or d.



  • The surface area of the box is about 135 inches. If this surface area were spread over a sphere, it would have a diameter of about 6.5 inches and a volume of nearly 150 cubic inches (nearly twice the volume of the uninflated box!). 150 cubic inches of osmium weighs about 120lbs.

    So, indeed you could exceed the weight limit of the box by ballooning it out and filling it with something that’s at least 7/12ths as dense as osmium (or a little more dense than lead).





  • The problem is that most people who have casual conversations about quantum physics are just jerking each other off. They’re trying to impress each other by being able to describe ideas that other people came up with.

    It’s kind of like when a parent thinks that their kid is a genius for being able to use an ipad. The talented people were the UI designers of the iPad, not the kid.

    The time machine guy is at least trying to be funny.










  • They didn’t mix up transgender and transgenetic but they did take any study involving testosterone or estradiol and slap the label “gender affirming” on it.

    Guys, understanding the effects of hormones on immune response and cancer incidence has implications far beyond “gender affirming” care.