Everything I know is a lie!

[JAG]

Mystery solved.

Thank goodness, my equilibrium was off for a minute there.

 

[Jadzia]

While it could be impurities in the water, it is more likely to be a poorly calibrated thermometer. But as said, the steam bubbles may be higher temperature, so the readout may in fact be true. You'd have to turn off the gas and measure the temperature without any steam bubbles to get a truer measurement of the water temperature, but even then, there will be thermal convection currents, and not all of the water will be at the exact same temperature.

Related to this, you may be interested to know that water doesn't boil at 100'C. The centigrade scale was defined many decades ago, and was calibrated by the (inaccurately measured) melting and boiling points of water at that time.

In the 1990s, it was discovered through accurate measurement that pure water at standard pressure didn't actually boil at 100'C, but at 99.96'C.

 

[Trekker4747]

Well, there we have it. The metric system now officially sucks.

 

[Jadzia]

Well, there we have it. The metric system now officially sucks.

The Fahrenheit scale has an even more obscure origin:

Daniel Fahrenheit did not use the freezing point of water as a basis for developing his scale. He called the temperature of an ice/salt/water mixture 'zero degrees', as this was the lowest temperature he could conveniently attain in his lab. He called his own body temperature '96 degrees', and then divided the scale into single degrees between 0 and 96. On this scale, the freezing point of pure water happens to occur at 32 (and the boiling point at 212). The Celsius scale has more convenient values for these phase transition points (0 and 100 degrees) because Anders Celsius DID use water as a basis for his scale.

Imagine if he'd had a fever that day...

I'm also wondering where he inserted the thermometer to measure his body temperature.

 

[RoJoHen]

^I had no idea that's where the Fahrenheit scale came from. That's ridiculous.

 

[AdAstra]

Water only boils at ~100°C under standard circumstances - "normal" air pressure, sea level, pure water, etc. The chances of that happening in your cooker are slim to none.

Any other reality you want disproven?

 

[Plecostomus]

Water only boils at ~100°C under standard circumstances - "normal" air pressure, sea level, pure water, etc. The chances of that happening in your cooker are slim to none.

Any other reality you want disproven?

I want you to prove or disprove that the speed of light is exactly 186,000 miles per second.

 

[Trekker4747]

Wel, a) It's *not* eactly 186,000 MPS.

And b) it depends on the medium the light is traveling through.

 

[Plecostomus]

Wel, a) It's *not* exactly 186,000 MPS.

And b) it depends on the medium the light is traveling through.

Another myth shattered! Do the speed of sound next.

 

[AdAstra]

For starters, sound travels a lot faster in water than it does in air. And depends a lot on the temperature of the medium it's travelling through. =)

 

[Plecostomus]

For starters, sound travels a lot faster in water than it does in air. And depends a lot on the temperature of the medium it's travelling through. =)

*shattering sound off in distance*

Now prove that dependence on foreign oil is bad for our economy!

 

[Garak]

I was boiling some water to cook some pasta for dinner (Chicken Parmesan, Pasta, Sauce, Cheesy Garlic Bread.) So, out of "curiosity" I stuck a thermometer into the boiling water, knowing what to expect, and well I was wrong.

Everything I know is a lie.

The read-out on the digital thermo? 213.

You should lay off the bread. Empty carbs.

 

[Holdfast]

I was boiling some water to cook some pasta for dinner (Chicken Parmesan, Pasta, Sauce, Cheesy Garlic Bread.) So, out of "curiosity" I stuck a thermometer into the boiling water, knowing what to expect, and well I was wrong.

Everything I know is a lie.

The read-out on the digital thermo? 213.

You should lay off the bread. Empty carbs.

Dude. WTF is the dog doing in your av?

 

[the 4th hanson bro]

I was boiling some water to cook some pasta for dinner (Chicken Parmesan, Pasta, Sauce, Cheesy Garlic Bread.) So, out of "curiosity" I stuck a thermometer into the boiling water, knowing what to expect, and well I was wrong.

Everything I know is a lie.

The read-out on the digital thermo? 213.

You should lay off the bread. Empty carbs.

Dude. WTF is the dog doing in your av?

It appears to be a goose

 

[The Borg Queen]

You should lay off the bread. Empty carbs.

Dude. WTF is the dog doing in your av?

It appears to be a goose

 

[Holdfast]

You should lay off the bread. Empty carbs.

Dude. WTF is the dog doing in your av?

It appears to be a goose

So it is...