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my first thought is: this happens all the time, if by tiny pieces you mean atoms. gently heat a balloon until it swells to twice its size. am i missing somethin
by diN0bot 17y ago
my first thought is: this happens all the time, if by tiny pieces you mean atoms. gently heat a balloon until it swells to twice its size. am i missing something?
- jibiki 17y agoA balloon is mostly empty space. The paradox deals with solid spheres rather than atomic matter.
- diN0bot 17y agotrue. what i meant was that my off-the-cuff physics radar did not automatically think this was impossible. i used a gas as an example, but solids can also be restructured into different volumes and shapes. for example, diamonds, charcoal and graphite. i'm no doubt missing the precise definition of the math problem...i was just responding from my practical layman perspective.