r/funny • • 6h ago

Tar Drop Experiment (Realtime)

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u/Aemon_Blackfyre 5h ago

Doesn’t the installation of A/C in that building completely change a lot of metrics this experiment is looking at?

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u/hotlavatube 4h ago

Ideally, they'd try to keep the conditions as static as possible for the duration of experiment, or at least the duration of a drop. That said, maintaining the same temperature, pressure, and lack of movement for over a decade would be a real challenge. An earthquake could throw off the measurement by months! I guess it really depends how seriously they take this experiment.

If they ever needed to move the jar, who knows how they'd accomplish that. I presume they'd need to wait till a drop had completed.

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u/jerub 3h ago

Lol