this post was submitted on 03 Sep 2023
945 points (96.7% liked)
Memes
45665 readers
943 users here now
Rules:
- Be civil and nice.
- Try not to excessively repost, as a rule of thumb, wait at least 2 months to do it if you have to.
founded 5 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
I'm far too lazy to look this up. Is this the sort of interesting fact I might mention in conversation to appear clever without somebody quickly correcting me and making me look silly?
I’ll do you one better and give you the name of the phenomenon.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mpemba_effect
Worth mentioning that the effect is barely observable under controlled conditions. To the point where the existence of the effect is in doubt.
So it's the perfect conversation starter, is what you're saying?