How much butter does it take to demonstrate the buttered cat paradox?

Answer 1

Not a lot, but it has to be *thick*, high-quality creamery butter, as that margarine stuff is just too thin and watery, it won't work.

The idea is, after all, to confuse reality on a chaotic and statistical level to such a degree that gravity gets momentarily suspended, right? Because we all know the *buttered* side of the bread hits the floor first, so if we butter the back of a cat, which always lands on its feet....yes, reality should at least have a moment's confusion during which it can't decide which side lands facing down, so to speak.

Trouble is, like I said, you are trying to counter-balance a significant amount of inertia and reflex action on the part of the cat. So yeah, not just any "spread" will do, you really need the thick, all-natural, creamery butter.

Pity isn't it? ^_^ And here you thought this "free energy" was going to come cheap. *lol*

Answer 2

I would estimate the amount to be 25% of the weight of the cat tightly secured to the cats back. The farther out the weight is off the back helps dramatically, as the moment is linear to distance from the center of the body. If the distance is long enough I am very sure you can accomplish it with only a pad of butter. In the air the cat will have a very difficult time turning onto its feet with the weight and moment of the stick pulling it down. Each cat is different. Good Question though.

Answer 3

the answer to this is:

the average weight of a cat (10kg)
times
the volume of a cat = the cicumfernce of a cat in the x, y and z direction. times by pi r squared multiplied by the amount of burgers u can eat in 2 hours.

u better get munching away