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Posted: Tue Jun 07, 2011 9:26 am
by TheCatt
Wikipedia
My whole life I've been told that glass is a high-viscosity liquid.
Thanks, xkcd.
Posted: Tue Jun 07, 2011 8:07 pm
by Malcolm
My whole life I've been told that glass is a high-viscosity liquid.
Really?
Posted: Tue Jun 07, 2011 9:54 pm
by TheCatt
Yeah... I cannot count the number of times I've been told that. I also live in North Carolina, so we had tons of those old-timey windows that were thicker on the bottom, "distorted from time," etc, etc.
Posted: Tue Jun 07, 2011 10:36 pm
by Malcolm
Yeah, but it ain't because glass flows. You ever ask these dudes for a measure of glass's viscosity? I'd love to see that experiment.
Posted: Tue Jun 07, 2011 11:37 pm
by TPRJones
I'd been told that growing up, too, but I learned awhile back that it was untrue.
Still and interesting page to read, tough.
Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2011 9:40 am
by TheCatt
Malcolm wrote:Yeah, but it ain't because glass flows. You ever ask these dudes for a measure of glass's viscosity? I'd love to see that experiment.
Right, I know this. I'm just saying, it's amazing to me how many times I was told this.
Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2011 10:29 am
by GORDON
I'd actually never heard that before.
Maybe public schools in the south fill science class with creationist theory instead of science? 