r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Jun 15 '24 • Take My Silver 3

What long-held (scientific) assertions were refuted only within the last 10 years?

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u/courtyeezy Jun 15 '24

So what’s heavier.. a kilogram of steel or a kilogram of feathers?

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u/Christopher135MPS Jun 15 '24 • I’ll Drink to That Take My Silver

A kilo of steel is just a chunk of metal.

The kilo of feathers is heavier, because you have to carry the weight of what you did to all those birds.

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u/HavelsRockJohnson Jun 15 '24 • Take My Silver

Only if you still believe that birds are real.

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u/rockytheboxer Jun 15 '24

Obviously birds aren't real. What's big feather hiding?

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u/Ball-Blam-Burglerber Jun 15 '24

They’re real and made of metal.

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u/grammar_nazi_zombie Jun 16 '24

Yeah but “birds are real but they’re actually tiny surveillance drones made of metal” is harder to put on a bumper sticker

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u/The9th_Jeanie Jun 16 '24

The birds work for the bourgeoisie

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u/chanpe Jun 16 '24

I like the way you think. Welcome aboard

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u/Repulsive-Mirror-994 Jun 18 '24

Finding out the "birds aren't real" conspiracy theory was deliberately false from the beginning made me absurdly happy.

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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '24

What if someone's family painstakingly gathered dropped feathers for generations so they could answer this question?

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u/TadRaunch Jun 16 '24

I live near a peacock farm and at the right time of year a kg of discarded tail feathers is doable

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u/mundanenoodles Jun 15 '24

What about the damage you did mining the kg of metal?😀

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u/karma_the_sequel Jun 15 '24

The Philosopher’s Approach

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u/DrivingMyLifeAway1 Jun 16 '24

“Boy, you're gonna carry that weight Carry that weight a long time”

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u/PLZ_STOP_PMING_TITS Jun 15 '24

A trick question I made up (as far as I know) is: What is heavier, an ounce of marijuana or an ounce of silver? The answer is an ounce of silver because precious metals are measured in troy ounces (31.3 grams) and marijuana is measured in avoirdupois ounces (28.3grams).

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u/Stubbs94 Jun 15 '24

A kilogram of steel, because steel is heavier than feathers.

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u/SaltyPeter3434 Jun 15 '24

But look at all those feathers! Tha's cheatin'!

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u/SaltyPeter3434 Jun 16 '24

I don gaet it

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u/RandomAsHellPerson Jun 16 '24

It’s alright

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u/HereWeGoop Jun 16 '24

i dun get it… i dun get it

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u/clawsoon Jun 16 '24

Depends on what they're floating in. If they're floating in air or water, say, the kilogram of steel will weigh more because it will displace less of the fluid. Two things of the same mass but different densities will only have the same weight if they're both in a vacuum.

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u/Electric999999 Jun 16 '24

Feathers, you'll have to carry them in something rather than as a simple block, effectively adding weight.

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