How would you go about weighing your head?

Answer 1

Putting your head in a bucket and measuring the amount of water that has been displaced is the closest answer, but not toally correct: the real thing you will measure is the VOLUME of your head which will be equal to the volume of water.
However, if density of water is 1, our body does not have a constant density. The head has a higher density, for example, than you belly or your lungs! In the water, your lungs surface, while your head sinks. The density of the head is about 1.3 (if you have a full brain).

Answer 2

My head weighs 4.78 Kilograms, I shall not weigh it again!

For every one else:

Buy a guillotine with a 14" 24 Kg or more sized blade for clean results. Try the Castle of Bastille, they had good ones at the last known epidemic of people who wanted to know the answer to this very serious question!

To come to the point:
Chop one head off
Weigh it at the butchers

You shall have a dead reckoning and a very satisfactory answer!

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Answer 3

Possiblities:
Cut it off and put it on a scale, or submerge it in a vat of liquified heads and measure the weight of the displaced head-juice.


Also note: using displaced water wouldn't work, because water does not have the same density as your head. A cubic foot of water wouldn't weigh the same as a cubic foot of human body.

Answer 4

Lying down and resting your head on a scale seems to be the most practical way of going about this. All attempts to solve this problem based on volume measurements are assuming an equality of density which is hard to justify.

Answer 5

Ill tell you one way.

Get yourself cloned.
wait till you clone reaches your age.Cut off his head and then weigh it on a spring balance(your measuring weight and not mass).
If you are using a normal balance multiply the mass with the accelaration due to gravity in the place of measure ment.

Answer 6

Weigh the water content in a bucket, insert head into bucket, weigh the remaining amount of water. The amount displaced is the weight of your head!! Remember to hold your breath!!

Answer 7

lay down, and rest it on a weight scale? How would you go about weighing your head?

Answer 8

Simple, use displacement, stick your head in a bucket of water and find out how much water was displaced.

Answer 9

put a scale on a chair or something and position it at the foot of your bed. Then lay on the scale with just your head on the bed.....

Answer 10

If you have lots of brain it will be heavy. If it is light, you are brainless.