Even if you just glance at it from the corner of your eye, will that still prevent the boiling action?
2007-12-31 08:49:38 · 35 answers · asked by TRAF 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Senior Citizens
I think it has something to do with quantum physics, where observing or measuring an action will change its outcome.
In quantum physics, the Heisenberg uncertainty principle is the statement that locating a particle in a small region makes the momentum of the particle uncertain, and conversely, measuring of the momentum of a particle precisely makes the position uncertain.
2007-12-31 09:27:37 · update #1
Ask a silly question and you will always get a 'DAH'.
2007-12-31 09:33:51 · update #2
Yes, I think if nobody attended or witnessed a horse race, the outcome would be completely different, but that could be hard to prove.
2007-12-31 10:12:11 · update #3
it does in my house, I can burn water!
2007-12-31 22:49:59 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Depends on how many jalapenos were in the chili.
2007-12-31 11:00:54 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Of course not. I've watched them for HOURS and they never did.
That's why whistling tea pots were invented. They're enclosed so you can't watch them and when they do boil, they whistle at you.
;+)
2007-12-31 09:03:44 · answer #3 · answered by Dan Bueno 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, go do something else.
2007-12-31 08:57:32 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, when I didn't have anything else to do. Nothing to read. Funny you ask that, I went outside last night for two minutes came back in and the pot of soup was boiling all over, if I am in the room it takes forever.
2007-12-31 08:57:24 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
scientifically yes
mentally no
2007-12-31 08:57:23 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
No watching a..... wait i think i get where your coming from.. pots dont boil water does so the answer is yes a watched pot never boils.
2007-12-31 08:53:12 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Nope, but standing over the pot waiting for it to boil makes the wait feel sooooo much longer. Much better to do something while you're waiting.
2007-12-31 08:52:46 · answer #8 · answered by Sonatina 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
well if you do not have a heat source applied to the pot it will never boil. however if you have it on the stove and the burner is on high heat setting you can watch it and it will still boil
2007-12-31 08:52:23 · answer #9 · answered by don A 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes. How quickly it will boil depends on what's inside.
2007-12-31 08:52:22 · answer #10 · answered by llselva4 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
of course it will boil
2007-12-31 08:51:32 · answer #11 · answered by rosstopherz19 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋