On Apr 27, 10:11 am, 1Z <[email protected]> wrote: > On Apr 23, 3:49 pm, Craig Weinberg <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Apr 22, 10:57 am, Stathis Papaioannou <[email protected]> wrote: > > > If you're bloody-minded enough you can claim here isn't really an > > > obvious connection between clouds and rain either. > > > Sure, it's a matter of degree. If I squeeze an orange, it follows very > > logically that what comes out of it is orange juice. > > How logical is it that compressing a lump of coal produces a diamond?
It's aesthetically surprising, but not at all illogical. If it sang Yankee Doodle Dandy, that would be illogical. > How logical is it that liquid helium will try to escape a container? Again, matter does all kinds of aesthetically surprising things, but there is nothing ontologically challenging about matter taking up more or less volume, changing states or colors, moving in certain ways, etc. It's all well within the realm of 'things objects can do in space' > How logical is it that 14kg of Uranium 233 won't explode, but 16kg > will? Anything that explodes has a minimum threshold beyond which we would not consider the reaction explosive. Fission is just a variation on the same theme. Does Bugs Bunny come out of it? No. > How logical is it that you can levitate a frog? I can't levitate a frog. Craig -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en.
