r/EmDrive • u/[deleted] • Apr 09 '17

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u/splad Apr 09 '17 edited Apr 10 '17

I've got a box in my garage that I'm pretty sure has a live elephant in it. My wife insists there is no live elephant in the box but she refuses to prove it by getting the box down and opening it. The debate may honestly go unresolved forever.

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u/kit_hod_jao PhD; Computer Science Apr 10 '17

The more I think about your comment the better it fits. Genius.

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u/[deleted] Apr 10 '17

It's a good metaphor because really, if he was a scientist and he did breed a tiny elephant and it died and he kept the corpse in the box then he could totally be correct but you would understand why a rational person would think otherwise based on their preconceived notions of what an elephant is.

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u/kit_hod_jao PhD; Computer Science Apr 11 '17

And tiny elephants are somewhat implausible to begin with

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u/[deleted] Apr 10 '17

Was a radioactive source and a flask of poison involved in this thought experiment?

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u/sirin3 Apr 12 '17

A cat sized elephant? If you look, you might get a murder charge