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Brain Not Braining: Part 1
1300 sats \ 16 comments \ @noknees 10h science
Ok I think I should make the science territory more fun since I'm more of a science guy myself. I'll be posting some fun illusionary riddles every week that you cannot solve even if you put into ChatGPT so you have to think it yourself. This week's is as follows:
You have two identical cups of water, each at room temperature. In one, you place a single large ice cube. In the other, you crush the same ice cube into small pieces and place them all in.
Question: Which cup reaches 0°C first and why not the other?
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1000 sats \ 3 replies \ @WeAreAllSatoshi 9h
Neither will hit 0°C.
The first cup will get colder because the solid ice cube will last longer than the smaller chunks, which will melt and stop cooling sooner
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80 sats \ 2 replies \ @noknees OP 9h
that's it! congo! we've got our winner for this week! stay tuned until next week with a bigger bounty
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15 sats \ 1 reply \ @WeAreAllSatoshi 8h
Thank you for the sats!
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50 sats \ 0 replies \ @noknees OP 6m
Any time fed
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15 sats \ 2 replies \ @RideandSmile 10h
2nd glass, as more ice density vs 1st glass
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @noknees OP 9h
nice try, fed
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @RideandSmile 7h
fed, what does it mean ?
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15 sats \ 3 replies \ @Scoresby 10h
Will it hit 0°C? unless the ice is at like industrially cold and the cup is a very good insulator, I don't think it will.
But if the question is about which makes the water cold faster, my ignorant guess is the crushed ice because it has more surface area.
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102 sats \ 2 replies \ @noknees OP 10h
why do you overthink so much lol but nice try, fed
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15 sats \ 1 reply \ @Scoresby 10h
it's a curse, I agree
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17 sats \ 0 replies \ @noknees OP 9h
ngl, it's on me too
on me
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15 sats \ 3 replies \ @0xbitcoiner 10h
What's the temperature in the room? crush the same ice cube?
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0 sats \ 2 replies \ @noknees OP 10h
Room temperature is considered ~25 degrees celsius
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @0xbitcoiner 10h
I'd say none of the cups.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @0xbitcoiner 5h
My answer was right, after all. How come I didn't win? cc/ @noknees
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @noknees OP 9h
Hint: Don’t get tricked by just surface area alone.
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